Comment 24 for bug 227520

what a7x described here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/227520/comments/17
is pretty much my experience too.

I just tried jaunty alpha3 and it seems to bring some improvements. The following command
xrandr --output VGA-0 --below LVDS --mode 1024x768
now achieves to set the external monitor resolution correctly. Unfortunately, if I run afterwards just:
xrandr
the external monitor reverts to cloned mode and needs a VT switch to go back to the correct configuration. Similarly as in Intrepid.

I repeat my `lspci -vvnn` here:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X700 (PCIE) [1002:5653]
 Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0066]
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
 Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
 Region 1: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
 Region 2: Memory at c8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
 [virtual] Expansion ROM at c8120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

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