I finally got my Acer 751h running at the right screen resolution with Lucid 10.4. I don't know if this is the same process for other netbooks using the Intel GMA 500 chip.
Apparently this driver/repositary is a work in progress but everything is running fine for me at the moment. Decided to post on here as I looked for this for a long time. Maybe someone else will find this useful.
I am writing for noobs like me, sorry if it reads over simplistic.
After a lot of fumbling from me and even more help from the guys at Ubuntu forum, here's how it was done.
1. Get the Poulsbo driver. In a Terminal type...
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/ppa
(then)
sudo apt-get update
(then)
sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-config
2. DO NOT reboot until you do the following. In a Terminal type
kdesudo kate /etc/x11/xorg.conf
- change the line that says
Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
(to)
#Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
- save and close.
3. Now go to your System Settings > Desktop. 'Enable Desktop Effects' and then switch to the Advanced tab. The first dropdown is 'Compositing Type', change it from OpenGL to XRender.
Apply settings and close.
4. Now back to
kdesudo kate /etc/x11/xorg.conf
- reverse what you did above. Change
#Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
(back to)
Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
- save and close.
5. Reboot.
I have no idea as to how or why it works, It just did. All credit to Lucazade and jbernardo over in the Ubuntu forum for helping me out.
Apparently this driver/repositary is a work in progress but everything is running fine for me at the moment. Decided to post on here as I looked for this for a long time. Maybe someone else will find this useful.
I am writing for noobs like me, sorry if it reads over simplistic.
After a lot of fumbling from me and even more help from the guys at Ubuntu forum, here's how it was done.
1. Get the Poulsbo driver. In a Terminal type...
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/ppa
(then)
sudo apt-get update
(then)
sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-config
2. DO NOT reboot until you do the following. In a Terminal type
kdesudo kate /etc/x11/xorg.conf
- change the line that says
Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
(to)
#Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
- save and close.
3. Now go to your System Settings > Desktop. 'Enable Desktop Effects' and then switch to the Advanced tab. The first dropdown is 'Compositing Type', change it from OpenGL to XRender.
Apply settings and close.
4. Now back to
kdesudo kate /etc/x11/xorg.conf
- reverse what you did above. Change
#Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
(back to)
Option "ShadowFB" 'true'
- save and close.
5. Reboot.
I have no idea as to how or why it works, It just did. All credit to Lucazade and jbernardo over in the Ubuntu forum for helping me out.