Confirmed. Same behavior on Acer Aspire 3003WLMi. Not specific to NVidia cards. Problem affects widescreen laptops.
See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AcerAspire3003WLMi ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => xserver-xorg-driver-vga Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-driver-vga (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xserver-xorg-driver-vga => xorg-server ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xorg-server => xserver-xorg-video-vga -- 1280x800 resolution isn't detected https://launchpad.net/bugs/49827 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
