my solution does not work in all cases... I did figure out if i put my resolution to 1024*768 it switches to 800*600 but it sais 1024*768 in the screen resolution settings panel. I looked at my xorg.conf and everything seems ok.
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6805148/xorg.conf -- (NVidia only) Wrong default and maximum resolution on widescreen monitor (stretched 1024x768) on GeForce 6200 https://launchpad.net/bugs/5801 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
