i am using 64bit gnome version and i noticed that pulse audio does not run. when i used sound recorder it worked. i believe it has to do with using pulse as root, but have not found a fix yet,...

i have the same video on asus 1005pe. from what i can tell it is only supported in newer intel video xorg driver and requires 2.6.32 kernel or later, so i don;t think you get beyond the 800x600 vesa....