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You can choose from alternatives to the PSB drivers, all having different advantages and disadvantages over the others. These drivers are: fbdev, iegd and emgd. Iegd and emgd are not covered yet.

These settings have been tested on Lucid and Maverick. This will very likely work on older versions of Ubuntu. It does not give you the performance you get with the Poulsbo driver, but the good news is you get the right resolution and can still use sleep and hibernation.

Getting 1366x768 resolution

Create file /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution with lines

echo insmod 915resolution
echo 915resolution 58 1366 768 32

and execute:

chmod +x /etc/grub.d/01_915resolution

In file /etc/default/grub, assign value 1366x768x32 to variables GRUB_GFXMODE and GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768x32
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1366x768x32

Execute:

sudo update-grub

reboot, now you have 1366x768 resolution.

Alternative drivers to PSB

fbdev driver

For slightly better performance, install the fbdev X driver.

Note: first set resolution with steps mentioned above!

Install v86d package, execute:

sudo apt-get install v86d

Then add this line to /etc/modules

uvesafb vbemode=0x011b nocrtc mtrr=2

create /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load    "dri"
    Load    "GLcore"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Default Device"
    Driver    "fbdev"
EndSection

If you find video playback is distorted or jumpy, open a terminal window and type gstreamer-properties. In the program window that appears, select the Video tab and, in the Plugin dropdown list beneath Default Output, select X Window System (No Xv).