Feisty: Intel 945GM with xserver-xorg-video-intel, Problem with vga-out and resolution

[Erling Ringen Elvsrud]

Hello,

I know this is not the correct list for such a post, but I do it anyway as it is
hard to get any help in ubuntu-users.

I have installed the new xserver-xorg-video-intel package and updated
xorg.conf[1] in order to get adequate OpenGL performance. The i810
driver is unreliable in Google Earth which my users want.

All well exept vga-out.

I connect the laptop to a HP vp6325 projector and press Fn+F8 once to
activate vga-out. It works well but with a weird resolution. The
projector displays the picture in a widescreen resolution 1360x768
(the resolution is displayed in a infobox a couple of seconds when the 
video source is detected)
xdpyinfo or xrandr reports 1024x768 even if it is clearly different on
the canvas. 

This is serious issue for my non technical users. The projector setup
works well with Dapper (get 1024x768 resolution on the canvas).

Any advice how to solve this is appreciated.

Finally, a little about my site. In my municipality the administration chose to 
try Linux in all schools. I have about 100 Dell Latitude D5xx laptops, 
100 Dell Optiplex 170L/210L and 20 old compaqs that is used as thin clients
(LTSP with a Dapper server). I'm mostly happy with Ubuntu, but a few rough edges is 
still there (particularly acpi and vga-out). Many of my users are still not happy with
Ubuntu. Teachers are not very technology oriented (The majority is women aged 40+)
and do not change easily. 


Erling