My laptop's LCD supports 1920x1200 but usplash doesn't. When I run "sudo hwinfo --framebuffer" on Jaunty I get:
02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer
[Created at bios.450]
Unique ID: rdCR.fRULN9k9OD4
Hardware Class: framebuffer
Model: "Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Controller"
Vendor: "Intel Corporation"
Device: "Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Controller"
SubVendor: "Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS"
SubDevice:
Revision: "Hardware Version 0.0"
Memory Size: 31 MB + 960 kB
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xd1feffff (rw)
Mode 0x0360: 768x480 (+768), 8 bits
Mode 0x0361: 768x480 (+1536), 16 bits
Mode 0x0362: 768x480 (+3072), 24 bits
Mode 0x0363: 960x600 (+960), 8 bits
Mode 0x0364: 960x600 (+1920), 16 bits
Mode 0x0365: 960x600 (+3840), 24 bits
Mode 0x0366: 1280x800 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x0367: 1280x800 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x0368: 1280x800 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0369: 1440x900 (+1472), 8 bits
Mode 0x036a: 1440x900 (+2880), 16 bits
Mode 0x036b: 1440x900 (+5760), 24 bits
Mode 0x036c: 1680x1050 (+1728), 8 bits
Mode 0x036d: 1680x1050 (+3392), 16 bits
Mode 0x036e: 1680x1050 (+6720), 24 bits
Mode 0x033a: 1600x1200 (+1600), 8 bits
Mode 0x034b: 1600x1200 (+3200), 16 bits
Mode 0x035a: 1600x1200 (+6400), 24 bits
Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+5120), 24 bits
Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits
Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits
Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits
Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits
Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.