Looks like your monitor is reporting its dimensions as:
(II) intel(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 31 vert.: 23
...
(II) intel(0): clock: 25.2 MHz Image Size: 306 x 230 mm
which is 12 x 9, which calculates out to a 15 diagonal.
I confirmed this via your monitor's manual
** Changed in: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
Assignee: (unassigned) = Bryce Harrington (bryceharrington)
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210069
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210069
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
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The intel driver I'm using
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aptitude show xserver-xorg-video-intel |grep Version
Version: 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu6
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[Hardy] gnome-display-properties shows wrong size
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210069
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