Public bug reported:
i have a notebook with a intel based graphics hardware. it was
recognized by the edgy eft installer correctly and the i810 X.org driver
was used. The laptops lcd has a resolution of 1280x800, and despite
ubuntu correctly detecting this and putting it as resolution in
xorg.conf 1024x768 is used, which gives a quite blurry look.
i checked the Xorg.0.log file and there was a line saying: '(II)
I810(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name)'. i read on
some sites that i810 based gfx cards sometimes have problems with
certain resolutions not being present in bios, and in some cases a tool
called "915resolution" could help here.
i did apt-get install 915resolution (i think it's in multiverse) and
after installing there were a lot of post-install messages about
resolution bugs corrected (i don't remember what they said exactly).
however after that (mere installation), and without using the tool
itsself the issue was fixed. an X restart gave me the 1280x800
resolution. the change the post-installation procedure did was obviously
permanent, after reboots the resolution is still the correct one.
while it puzzles me that a mere installation of a packages triggers such
tough stuff as changing some bios/gfx-hardware variables i am glad it
worked, and i suggest maybe that the 915resolution package should be
installed by default on wxga/i810 combinations.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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combination of i810 based graphics card and wxga resolution does not work
(possible solution included)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/66604
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