Thanks, this saved me a lot of hassle. One note: the i810 modesetting driver is only available in Feisty.
-- i810 driver: Using external widescreen monitor on a laptop needs a lot of complicated manual configuring https://launchpad.net/bugs/86258 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs