hp6735s and ATI display driver in ubuntu

Situation:

• I enjoy using Ubuntu!
• I enjoy using Ubuntu 9.10 (cos’ I still haven’t upgraded to 10.04)
• I have hp6735s laptop
• I use ATI proprietary driver
• everything is too smoothed on the screen
• font look like shit
• windows *** works fine

After digging a little I found out that the problem is:

• not with the fonts
• Ubuntu set wrong screen resolution for me: 1280×768
• right screen resolution 1280×800 is not in the list in System > Parameters > Screen
• right screen resolution is not available in ATI Catalyst either

Here’s how I fixed it:

1. run sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf in terminal
2. found something like Section "Monitor" ... Option "PreferredMode" "1280x768"
3. changed 1280×768 to 1280×800
4. everything works fine after reboot!
5. compiz and all 3D effects work nice too!
6. …and hey, it’s the first time I edited xorg.conf by hands!

Enjoy using linux!
That the OS you really need!