11.04 Unity external monitor resolution

[shurkes]

Hello,
after upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04 i received the Unity as a default. with the help of this forum i figured out how to get the Gnome.
i would like to try the Unity but when i am switching to Unity i cant get the resolution i need to my external monitor.
i have an application, Switch resolution that doesn't work under the Unity but does work under Gnome.
i can change the resolution in the external monitor to its native resolution but than i get the upper panel in a good resolution and below only black without any window or anything.
i will appreciate some help.

thanks

[tilmik]

Lots of people (including me) are facing this issue. Here's another thread with the same issue http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743667&page=3.
Also found this open bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/system76/+bug/778641.

[sqren]

Hi,
I've also experienced similar problems after switching to 11.04.
Try playing around with the following commands in the terminal:

metacity --replace &
compiz --replace &


If it all goes awry try Ctrl+Alt+F1:
sudo service gdm restart