[tlinux-users:08468] Re: Ubuntu 7.04 on Satellite A105-S4074

> 1) Screen resolution.  This Satellite has a cinema display; Ubuntu
> installed xserver-xorg-video-i810 by default, and the aspect ratio looked
> right, but the resolution seems too low.  The Screen Resolution
> Preferences panel and the xorg.conf file only show 1280x800 resolution as
> the highest option.  I installed xserver-xorg-video-intel (which caused
> -i810 to uninstall) and rebooted, and still have the same problem.  It
> seems - based on what I see in Windows XP - as though I could be getting
> much higher resolution out of this thing.  Any tips?
As far as I have read and found out, the top resolution my A105-S4104
can handle is 1280x800. It's decent for video-playing at least, if not
all that wonderful a desktop resolution.

> 2) Wireless networking.  Although the system finds the local unencrypted
> wireless network without a problem when I prompt it to, I have to
> ifdown/ifup to make that happen.  What can I do to help it find the
> wireless networks at bootup or at least login?
Add to /etc/network/interfaces "auto wlan0", or as is appropriate for
your wireless device.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=132999
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-networking/43978-ubuntu-wireless-boot-connect.html

Regards,
Chris