After installing both packages, system can detect all the supported resolutions. Here is the result from xrandr:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 1600 x 1600 VGA connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 408mm x 255mm 1440x900 59.9*+ 75.0 59.9 1600x1024 60.2 1400x1050 60.0 60.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 60.0 1280x960 60.0 60.0 1360x768 59.8 1152x864 75.0 75.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 1280x720 60.0 1024x768 75.1 75.0 70.1 66.0 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 75.0 72.8 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0 59.9 720x400 70.1 One thing is that when installing the kernel image, --force-all should be used. -- [West Lake] Ubuntu 8.10: System unable to detect optimized graphic resolution. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338598 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs