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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #541492
  2. Comment #59

Comment 59 for bug 541492

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 541492] Re: MASTER: [i845] GPU lockup (apport-crash) (Should KMS be blacklisted?)

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:59:24AM -0000, Geir Ove Myhr wrote:
> The main problem with the VESA driver is that it has a very limited
> set of resolutions available. If the native resolution of your monitor
> is one of those, then fine. The VESA resolutions are all in 4:3
> format, so nobody with a 16:9 monitor will be able to use the native
> resolution. I think also high-resolution monitors will have problems.
> This is the main reason we don't want to use VESA by default.

I wonder if most of the i8xx based laptops are 4:3 resolutions? If so,
then the main place this would show up as an issue is with external
monitors.