Questions[gma500](ubuntu)

I am new to Linux/Ubuntu. Any input is greatly appreciated.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on an eeepc 1101HA. Using the Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" video hardware.

The display graphics are fine at all times when I power on the computer fresh, but as soon as I close the lid or suspend from the cog menu and I wake up the computer, it looks like this:

Every second line of pixels is black, the display seems to be on a angle and repeated 3 times, and the middle section works for clicking and interacting with the mouse. Everything works normally, it just appears to be the graphics. Will this problem be solved if I install an older version of Ubuntu like 11.10?

Any insights into where I should be looking/reading up on how to fix this are greatly appreciated.

Just installed Ubuntu 12.04, but when i'm trying to boot desktop in normal mode screen turns black, just black (like turned off), but when I'm trying to boot in secure mode top half of screen start twitch and flick, bottom is black. How can I solve this problem? Netbook Acer Aspire One 751h | Intel GMA500

problem is similar to so many other users, but solutions found do not work. Background: Fresh install of 12.04 (completely updated) on a Fit-PC2 (specs). Read in several places that the new 3.X kernel that 12.04 runs on has a new psb_gfx driver which supports the gma500 graphics card (poulsbo chipset). All's pretty much working (there are some glitches which are documented, so I won't raise them here), except for the screen resolution. My native monitor resolution is 1920X1080, but all I get is 1024x768.

Output running xrandr:

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768        0.0* 

Although I read that Ubuntu does not come with an xorg.conf file anymore, I also tried running sudo X :1 -configure, and here's the end of the output:

Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
  Configuration failed.

When I look in the xorg.conf.new file created in my home directory, it seems that for some reason X thinks I have two screens. Don't know what to do with that. Ideas anyone? Thanks for your time.

I have a Sony VAIO netbook with Intel GMA-500 Poulsbo Graphics and I'm trying to boot the latest Ubuntu-12.04 Beta-2 using a bootable USB.

According to this Ubuntu-Wiki, support for Intel GMA-500 Poulsbo graphics is promising in Precise-Beta2 and should work out of the box. Of course the wiki talks about a problem when booting from USB and states that restarting X using: sudo service lightdm restart will bring a functional graphical desktop, but nothing happens for me!

Any help is highly appreciated.

I am using a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 with GMA500 video drivers. GMA500 fixes resolution issues and enables video acceleration. The only problem with the GMA500 drivers I am having is that I can not find a fix for the webcam program called cheese, and I can't find a way to enable the vaapi (Video Acceleration API) backend. Videos don't work with the GMA500 (without vaapi) and I cannot properly use cheese.

If anyone can help me out with this I will be grateful because Google isn't helping me much with this problem.