Gateway Laptop T-6836

[Jesse Barnes]

On Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:31 pm K. Bizzle wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on my laptop and I am unable
> to use the correct graphics drivers. There are several issues:
> The login screen is about 3/4 the size of the laptop screen.
> When loaded the top gnome panel does not extend all the way to the
> right and video does not play unless in full screen mode. Trying to
> configure the display properties I see that the driver being used is
> (none). I change to the i810 intel graphics driver and reboot. The
> driver does not work and I am stuck at 800x600 until a random reboot
> sets it back to 1200x800 without the ability to extend the top panel
> all the way to the right. I had also got it to a point
>  where the desktop environment would only appear in the top,left 3/4
> of the screen, even though my mouse could travel the entire screen.
> Any ideas?

It almost sounds like you have a multihead configuration and the server is 
trying to clone both heads, limiting the resolution on your laptop LFP.

> Above is a post I made to Ubuntu forums.
> I had no useful replies so I dumped Ubuntu and tried puppy linux. With
> this distro I can sometimes get xorg to work but other times it tells
> me that the 800/900 intel chip drivers that come with mac pup are not
> working and the 915 resolution did not solve it. I know my chip is a
> GM965 intel video chip and that the intel drivers say it should work
> but it does not. I tired the experimental drivers on Ubuntu but I
> could only get 1024X78 to work and no hardware acceleration. I have
> the same problem with puppy linux where the top panel will not extend
> across the entire screen. Is anyone aware of this problem and/or know
> a solution?

Can you file a bug, following the instructions at:
http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html

Thanks,
Jesse