The issue you are experiencing when attaching an exernal display is normal.
Anyhow, this bug report was about making wide resolutions work on Geode- based laptops, which is now fixed, so I'm closing this report. :) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-geode (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-geode in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433142 Title: xf86-video-geode: 800x480 and 1024x600 Panel support is broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-geode/+bug/433142/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp