Gustav H Meyer, as per http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Product/latitude-e6220 an update is available for your BIOS (A12). If you update to this, does it change anything?
If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date Thank you for your understanding. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a12 needs-upstream-testing regression- potential -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1028379 Title: Not getting native resolution on external monitor after installing kernel update Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I can only get maximum resolution of 1024x768 on a Dell 19" Monitor with Dell Latitude E6220 after installing latest kernel updates and a reboot which is a regression after having been able to work at much higher resolution since getting the laptop some time ago. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic-pae 3.2.0-27.43 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic-pae 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: gustav 2314 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xe1c60000 irq 45' Mixer name : 'Intel CougarPoint HDMI' Components : 'HDA:111d76e7,102804a9,00100102 HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000' Controls : 38 Simple ctrls : 14 Date: Tue Jul 24 12:39:29 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=edbe77eb-25d0-49cc-a9f0-fa32e0161487 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120228.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6220 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-27-generic-pae root=UUID=e9af6cd7-9cae-404b-a554-81028465b6ef ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-27-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-27-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A04 dmi.board.name: 0862D8 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd10/18/2011:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6220:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0862D8:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude E6220 dmi.product.version: 01 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1028379/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp