My Problem:
On a native 1440 x 900 screen I am stuck with 800 x 600 resolution and no graphics acceleration. I tried two different solutions posted on the VIA form: http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=45&CatID=3220&SubCatID=185
Their instructions were really difficult to follow and neither worked for me. I also tried to manually edit the x config file, but that did not help.
My Computer:
-- Everex StepNote VA2001T, Intel Pentium dual-core T2080(1.73GHz), FSB: 533MHz, L2 Cache: 1MB
-- Northbridge: VIA VN896, Southbridge: VIA VT8237A, 1GB DDR2, 80GB HD, Dual Layer DVD Burner
-- VIA Chrome 9 HC IGP (VT3371), 15.4", Wide XGA+, Resolution: 1440 x 900, VideoMemory: 64MB shared
-- Installed: Feisty, Dual Boot with MS Vista, All Feisty and Security updates installed.
VIA VN896 video card doesn't work for me either on Ubuntu.
(And VIA VT8237A sound card doesn't work either btw.)