Sorry, I looked at your logs now. It seems that the configure scripts have a special case for your chipset, and thinks that the display is a Elographic screen and forces 1024x768 on it. This is obviously wrong. I'll look into it, remember seeing another report about it.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xresprobe => xorg Status: Needs Info => Confirmed ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Timo Aaltonen -- Feisty doesn't recognize 17" LCD screen https://launchpad.net/bugs/89590 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs