wrong aspect ratio boot splash on widescreen screen

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Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6735s
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Package: usplash 0.5.49
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=aefa5702-b316-4abd-b3b5-cb57f7cab2e4 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape vboxusers video
UsplashConf:
 # Usplash configuration file
 # These parameters will only apply after running update-initramfs.

 xres=1280
 yres=800
dmi.bios.date: 08/03/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68GPP Ver. F.0D
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 30E4
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 94.20
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU916223Y
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68GPPVer.F.0D:bd08/03/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq6735s:pvrF.0D:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30E4:rvrKBCVersion94.20:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 6735s
dmi.product.version: F.0D
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

This bug is affecting 2 people.

The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.