I had the same problems with 08.10 after manually updating to the debian package:
xserver-xorg-video-trident_1.3.0-1_i386.deb
most problems are solved.
However non cloned display still doesn;t work.
I solved problems regarding the display returning to a lower resolution, and only partial desktop earlier by setting vga=791 or 792 or any resolution that is the same as your used X-server resolution to the grub kernel boot options.
I had the same problems with 08.10 after manually updating to the debian package:
xserver- xorg-video- trident_ 1.3.0-1_ i386.deb
most problems are solved.
However non cloned display still doesn;t work.
I solved problems regarding the display returning to a lower resolution, and only partial desktop earlier by setting vga=791 or 792 or any resolution that is the same as your used X-server resolution to the grub kernel boot options.
axion.
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