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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #355761
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 355761

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Julian Lam (julian-lam) wrote : Re: [i855] [Intel 82852/855GM] xrandr does not output correctly to VGA output

Some more testing data:

Trying to get a cloned display on a VGA monitor results in a similar unusable state.

Laptop: 1280x800 native LVDS
Monitor: 1280x1024 native VGA

When running the command "xrandr --output VGA --auto", 1280x1024 is correctly set as the resolution, however, what is output is not 1280x1024. Instead, it looks as though the LVDS screen tries to display 1280x1024, and skews is down to 1280x800, so that everything is squished. For some reason, the VGA output ALSO compresses the image, so I am left with an unusable half-screen (as the bottom half is black)

xserver-xorg-video-intel:
  Installed: 2:2.7.0-1ubuntu1~xup~1
  Candidate: 2:2.7.0-1ubuntu1~xup~1
  Version table:
 *** 2:2.7.0-1ubuntu1~xup~1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:2.6.3-0ubuntu9 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca jaunty/main Packages