Okay...I found a solution, but not a fix: if I leave the monitor off during boot and turn it on later, then I get the correct monitor information and can use the higher resolutions. Somewhere there is a conflict with the graphics controller and the EDID of the monitor...whether it's a software or hardware bug is beyond me, although I recently installed XP on that system (for someone else who doesn't stand a chance with Ubuntu), and don't have any problems...so I must assume that it is an Ubuntu software driver bug.
-- [i865] Low screen resolution using Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3, Alpha 4, and Alpha 5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408588 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
