I've updated the Dell BIOS from A09 to A11 to no avail. But suddenly I got the idea to turn the "Video expansion" BIOS feature on, and the bug disappeared. This feature let the display automatically scale any resolution up to the screen size. The default (Dell factory) setting is on, but I usually turn it off on my Dell laptops, I prefer small and crisp text consoles than huge and blurry ones.
I guess we should be a small minority to experience this bug (BIOS tweaker + hawk eyes!). Although it looks like the intel video driver relies on some predefined state that's not always as expected. ** Summary changed: - [i855] intel 855 (GME) fails to set proper resolution (Jaunty regression) + [i855] intel 855 (GME) fails to set proper resolution in Jaunty when BIOS "Video expansion" is off -- [i855] intel 855 (GME) fails to set proper resolution in Jaunty when BIOS "Video expansion" is off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373264 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
