xorg, system hangs, extrernal screen, apect ratio, ubuntu 10.10 beta

Hello All,

For a long time I have had this this sketchy SOYO LCD monitor that I have attached to my laptop.
I just got a new laptop a Dell Latitude E6410 and tried installing Ubuntu 10.04 on it.
I had lots of problems with the display so I decided to just use the 10.10 beta since I had used 10.04beta and it worked pretty well.

Ubuntu has never detected the proper aspect ratio for this monitor so I have always had to do some configuration with the xorg file to get it to work.

Using bits and pieces of previous xorg files I finally came up with this

--------------------------Start xorg.conf-----------------------------------------------

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier "Monitor0"
       VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
       ModelName "Monitor Model"
       Modeline "1440x900_60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier "Screen0"
       Device "Card0"
       Monitor "Monitor0"
       SubSection "Display"
               Viewport 0 0
               Depth 24
               Modes "1440x900_60.00"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

------------------------------------end xorg.conf------------------------------------------------------

This is the graphics chip: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Getting the proper set up has not been an easy task. Here is some trial and error that I have just run though. Prior to this trial and error I did run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade

works:

monitor is unplugged
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>Monitors
I plug in monitor
I press auto detect
System detects monitor, with correct resolution.
Both laptop screen and external screens are properly enabled.

I restart
Unplug monitor around bios prompt
I login
I get to gnome
I plug in monitor
I go to system>preferences>Monitors
System hangs

I force shutdown my holding down power button

I unplug monitor
I turn on computer
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>prerferences>monitors
I plug monitor in (just as I did in the first test)
I press auto detect
System hangs

I force shutdown

I unplug monitor
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I restart

System boots
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plugin monitor
I press autodetect
Everything works great

I restart
I unplug monitor around bios screen
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plugin monitor
press auto detect, things work great

I reboot

I do NOT unplug monitor
I get to login screen
External monitor's on screen display flashes "out of range"
I login
can't access any panels
I hit alt f2
I run gnome-terminal
I run sudo shutdown -r now

I spaced out and forgot to unplug monitor
I get to login
other monitor still out of range
I get into gnome
and initiate restart again

I unplug during bios screen
I log in
I get to gnome
I go to sytem>preferences>monitors
I plug monitor in
I click auto detect
computer hangs

I force shutdown by holding power key

I unplug
I boot
I login
I restart

I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plug in
I press auto detect
System hangs

I force shutdown
I unplug
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I plug monitor in
I go to system>preferences>monitors
system hangs
I force shutdown

I unplug
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I shutdown

I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plugin
I press auto detect
system hangs
I force shutdown

I unplug monitor
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I remove xorg file
I reboot

I login
I get to gnome
I add back the xorg file
I restart

I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plug the monitor in
I press detect
Everything works great

I intend this to be a bug report but I couldn't figure out how to do that.

I hope this might help some how.