Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-i810
So I'm booted into Kubuntu Edgy rc1 (LiveCD), and I'm on a laptop with
an i915 graphics card (if you could call it that ;p). Its optimal
resolution is 1280x800, yet I only get a 1024x768 viewable screen, and I
have this working in my Dapper install using the 915resolution
application, although when I originally got that working, it was quite a
hassle (but it did help me learn how to use a Linux-based system quite
quickly).
I think this bug should be fixed by Xorg 7.2, but that's just what I've
heard. If Edgy is going to be released with Xorg 7.1 (which I'm
assuming considering 7.2 isn't released yet and Edgy is frozen), I think
it would be helpful to include some sort of helper program to help users
set up the 915resolution hack to get their correct resolution setting
working. I know this is quite late in the process to request this, but
even if we can't ship Edgy with some sort of helper program, it would be
nice to include some info in the documentation on how to do it. For
Kubuntu, we could include a Kommander script that does it for the user.
For Ubuntu and Xubuntu, I'm not too sure, but a Python-GTK+ program that
does it shouldn't be too hard to include either.
** Affects: xserver-xorg-driver-i810 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Does not detect widescreen resolutions still... [RFE]
https://launchpad.net/bugs/67426
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