Your options are to either fix the EDID and supply it to the kernel in order to override the broken one being supplied by the firmware; or to override the screen size in xorg.conf.
** Summary changed: - [i945] [i945gme, 9.10 UNR] Acer Aspire One 8,9" has wrong default screen size for LVDS1 + [i945] [i945gme, 9.10 UNR] Acer Aspire One 8,9" has a broken EDID with incorrect screen size for LVDS1 ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509347 Title: [i945] [i945gme, 9.10 UNR] Acer Aspire One 8,9" has a broken EDID with incorrect screen size for LVDS1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/509347/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs