No EDID is found for your monitor (and the hardware doesn't report any errors when trying to retrieve it). So you have to add the modes manually (xorg.conf or with xrandr, or maybe there is a gui option by now?) or pass a fake EDID to use.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1272621 Title: Resolution higher than 1024×768 for Acer x233h external monitor is not available Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I use Ubuntu 13.10 64bits on my Asus F201E, and when I plug in my Acer x233h via VGA as an external monitor, the maximal resolution available in "System settings > Screen Display" is 1024×768 (as well as 800×600), but the maximal resolution of the screen is supposed to be 1920×1080. I have no proprietary drivers available in "System Setting > Software & Updates > Additional drivers", and I installed the latest version of the Intel Linux Graphics Drivers from https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads, thinking it would help (version 1.0.3), to no avail. This seems it should not be the default behaviour. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this external monitor ends up having a maximal resolution that is inferior to my tiny laptop... :) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Sat Jan 25 16:07:16 2014 DistUpgraded: 2013-10-26 12:01:35,166 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: hdjmod, 1.28, 3.11.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed hdjmod, 1.28, 3.11.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed hdjmod, 1.28, 3.11.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0106] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:108d] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-13 (257 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X201EP MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic root=UUID=4391c015-75c5-492f-89fd-f37f7d63b00a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-26 (91 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: X201EP.208 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: X201EP dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrX201EP.208:bd01/18/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnX201EP:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnX201EP:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: X201EP dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Sat Jan 25 11:16:25 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 12380 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1272621/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp