Comment 30 for bug 288807

Hi,
I have a Sony Vaio-PCG-FX220 and I am having screen resolution issues as described in this report (i.e., max 860x480). I tried with Xubuntu and Ubuntu (at different installs) all the above suggestions but none seem to work.

First I do not find xorg.conf. But I make a new file and place it in /etc/X11. The generated xorg.conf document has the same information as provided in the bug report [Workaround]. When I insert the document using sudo nano and save it and then quit the computer to restart it again, I am not logged in into Windows but instead into a tty1-6 terminals. I cannot renter tty7 term. I have to erase the xorg.conf file to re-enter the window. Am I doing something wrong in the xorg.conf parameters? I am a newbie (learnt about Ubuntu or other Linux distros last week) and have not yet figured out how to generate outputs to post it here. Moreover, I haven't yet tried to connect to the internet thinking to solve each issue in that order and then move to the next. I am writing this from a different computer.

I tried several other ways like xrandr --newmode and then adding by --addmode after getting information on h/v rates using gtf or ctv. But nothing works, at times the screen goes white and then says unrecognized crtc?. I also tried random h/v rates and for few I saw full screen lighting up but the screen was garbled with strips running across the whole screen. And when this happens, every time I have to reinstall Ubuntu. Therefore, it definitely looks like h/v rates are not being recognized properly.

Finally out of frustation, I decided to move to Mandriv. From several nights of googling (actually just a week), I figured out that this version had no issues with my type of computer. And yes indeed, after running it from a CD (without installing on the hard drive) I see the whole screen lighting up with Mandriv blue screen logo. Then I decide to find the xorg. conf to copy it and transfer it for Ubuntu installation. However, I cannot open the xorg.conf file. It comes out as blank. Is that because I am running from a CD mode and I am not allowed to read the files? Also in Mandriv I have to login as a guest.

What I do not get is this - how come Mandriv recognizes the Sony hardware I815 while Ubuntu cannot? I see all the blame game pointing to Sony Vaio, but if that is so why should it work with some other distros - like mentioned in one of the posts here - jaunty? I am inquiring from curiosity and not pointing fingers at anyone. Maybe the answer will help me to solve this issue.

Anyway, from the posts here looks like just rewriting or generating new xorg.conf files seem to have solved most of the problems. Am I doing something wrong here?
Please suggest,
Thanks