everything works! (?)

first of all, I am an experienced internet searcher. I can almost always find exactly what I need in a few short minutes.
all I did for hours was search for a solution to my resolution program that I hadn't tried.
First of all, System Settings:Display:Hardware doesn't do shit except create tons of xorg.conf files.
I backed up the current one and renamed (sudo cp xorg.conf.BU xorg.conf) the original xorg backup so it was as it had been immediately after the install and then did some more searching. on some forgotten site I saw a reference to a miracle cure. some Canadian mentioned "915resolution"
It was a package that he said was the only universal solution to my intel 8xx/9xx 1280x768 resolution product. Soooooooooooooo...
I found the package through my package manager, downloaded it and followed the pretty simple readme.

Worked like a dream! I went back into System Settings:Display and 1280x 768 was a choice!!! After selection I restarted my xserver (restart and then one of the choices under menu is restart xserver) and it worked.

I danced and enjoyed my new resolution for days.