More tests: I've been able to reproduce the random behavior reported by @Svante. Sometimes the native resolution mode of the monitor (1366x768) is recognized, sometimes it does not, and the system falls to 1024x768.
As a workaround I've created a typical screen.conf section in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor " Configured Monitor" Device " Configured Video Device" SubSection "Display" Virtual 1366 768 EndSubSection EndSection >From then on I have not experienced the problem. Being a random behaviour it is dificcult to confirm the efficacy of this fix without a more thoroughly examination of log files and so on. As to flickering, I think it is much less noticeable at reduced backlight levels. Backlight control is not activated by default in these Vaio machines. It must be pass a paramater from grub. I have config my grub file (/etc/default/grub) to do this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="pci=noacpi" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972294 Title: Precise GMA500 screen resolution and flicker To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-psb/+bug/972294/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs