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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #470422
  2. Comment #28

Comment 28 for bug 470422

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Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr) wrote : Re: [Bug 470422] Re: [Q45] 1600x1200 resolution is not available on the 2nd monitor (it was on ubuntu 9.04)

Your test confirms that this particular problem is fixed upstream,
most likely by the patch mentioned in the upstream bug report. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/MainlineBuilds for more information
about the mainline kernel builds.

I don't know enough about VMWare or the kernel to tell if the VMWare
problems is a bug or simply due to something ubuntu-specific which is
not included in the mainline build. You may try Lucid, which currently
has a kernel based on 2.6.32-rc6 (see
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/info/kernel-version-map.html). It
is very early in the Lucid release cycle, so don't expect it to be
stable, but if it starts all right for you and the problem is there as
well, please file a bug report using `ubuntu-bug linux`.

You may also have some luck trying VMWare forums with the specific
error messages you get during compilation. They may tell you what the
problem is.