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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

A bit more info from a laptop with very similar specs. At the bottom of this
page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireTimeline/Fixes

There is some info on how to configure an external monitor for the Intel
graphics card in the Acer Aspire Timelines, which I believe are very similar
to the g60-g70 models, if not exactly the same.

Cheers,

    Albert.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Patrick Bauer <bauerp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  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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