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[Patrick Bauer <bauerp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey Adam:

I had a client that not too long ago that purchased some kind of HP 12
inch Business Notebook (i forget the model number).  Anyways, this had
an intel chipset, and i was having problems with the display.  Sometimes
the display would look proper (1280x800 resolution), but at randoms
times, when rebooting, the display would default back to 1024x768.  What
i did was enable Unsupported updates (jaunty-backports), in Software
Sources, and i'm sure i probably installed the
"linux-backports-modules-jaunty" package, so perhaps give those two
things a try.  What i did notice shortly after i installed the system
(and enabled Unsupported updates, and also installed the backports
package), was that i noticed an update to the Intel "xorg" drivers in
Update Manager, and after that, when rebooting and logging in after a
few tries, i didn't see anything wierd going on with the display.

So anyways, give that a try too.

Pat

On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 09:09 -0600, Adam Mohr wrote:

> thank you very much for the information. I have to wait until later to
> mess with it,
> but if I find anything interesting I will let you know.
> 
> Adam
> 
> Albert Vilella wrote: 
> 
> > Hi Adam,
> > 
> > There has been a recent update to the Intel drivers, but I am not
> > sure if those are in any distribution to try:
> > http://intellinuxgraphics.org/
> > 
> > Maybe the latest Ubuntu Karmic?
> > 
> > Also, you can do some playing around with different options. Because
> > the whole graphics infrastructure has almost been completely
> > reworked in Linux, there is a lot of new code that hasn't solidified
> > yet. See for example:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/UxaTesting
> > 
> > For a very very useful reference reading, see:
> > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/the_new_xorg_features
> > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/xorgs_x_window_innovation_its_not_all_about_graphics
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> >     Albert.
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Adam Mohr <booshire@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >         Hello All -
> >         
> >         Does anyone know of some better video card drivers for
> >         Jaunty?
> >         
> >         Here is what is in there:
> >         00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
> >         4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
> >         00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4
> >         Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
> >         
> >         I am running dual monitor half the time and have to keep the
> >         resolution low on the additional monitor because
> >         the driver decides they have to match vertically, even when
> >         the resolution says otherwise.
> >         
> >         I am also seeing strange occurrences such as compiz deciding
> >         to work or not work on every boot, my entire
> >         top left menu going away along with the "system" and "place"
> >         drop downs as well.
> >         
> >         This is not a problem unless I have dual monitors going,
> >         which I kind of need at work.
> >         
> >         Thanks
> >         
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