Author: Koen Vermeer (koen at qi dot tnw dot tudelft dot nl)
If you have a laptop with the Intel 855GM or 855GME video chipset, such as my Acer TravelMate 6000, and you have problems getting X to start in 1400x1050 video mode, you can try to use the 855resolution utility by Alain Poirier to overwrite the mode list at boot time. However, after resuming, the VBIOS is reset to its original state, without the proper video mode. This causes both X and all your running X programs to crash. After that, X will restart in another video mode (such as 1280x1024).
To solve this, let the hibernate script run the 855resolution utility in its resume cycle. Add the following line to the hibernate.conf file:
OnResume 86 855resolution [parameters]
Now all should be fine.
Thanks to Bernard Blackham for helping me solve this issue!
Alternatively, use the updated i810 X.Org driver from http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html, and add a 'ForceBIOS' option to your X.Org config file. The OnResume line above is now no longer required!
Author: Steffen Lassahn (lassahn at yahoo dot com)
This unfortunatly does not work with my Dell Inspiron 500m. To make things work I need in addition to 855resolution 855patch to patch the BIOS but both programs together make X (Xorg 6.8.0) crash on resume. If I leave 855patch out I get a lower resolution.