Sorry, forgot to close the status, I have had no further problems using natty and higher versions. In the meantime I replaced the motherboard because of other problems, so I have no recourse to the exact same configuration anymore. The new system is almost identical in specs, though (only difference is the manufacturer, it's now an Intel board instead of a Foxconn).
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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/678192 Title: monitor resolution not found with intel driver Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a foxconn motherboard with intel built-in graphics; I have an IIyama Prolite 2250MTS touchscreen attached, and the touch function work flawlessly (kudos for that!). I only have a problem with the monitor resolution: I can't get the native resolution of 1920x1080 to work. I think it's a problem with the intel driver: - when I startup gdm, X crashes with an error message in /var/log/Xorg.0.log: [248685.933] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa [248685.934] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev [248685.934] (--) using VT number 8 [248685.941] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa [248685.941] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev [248685.941] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw" [248685.941] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" [248685.942] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so [248685.943] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [248685.943] compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 0.0.2 [248685.943] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0 [248685.944] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory [248685.952] (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected. [248685.952] (II) UnloadModule: "intel" [248685.952] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. [248685.952] Fatal server error: [248685.952] no screens found [248685.952] The only way to start up is to make a basic xorg.conf with the lines: Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "vesa" # Change this to the driver you want EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" EndSection This was X starts up, with resolutions up to 1600x1200, but not with the native resolution of 1920x1080. --- Architecture: amd64 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 MachineType: O.E.M O.E.M Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=3fe298b8-bc6e-43a3-8b0d-ab1451a492dc ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4 Tags: maverick maverick Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080014 dmi.board.name: 45CS/45CSX dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd11/28/2008:svnO.E.M:pnO.E.M:pvr:rvnFOXCONN:rn45CS/45CSX:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: O.E.M dmi.sys.vendor: O.E.M system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic xkbcomp: Error: command ['xkbcomp', ':0', '-w0', '-'] failed with exit code 1: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyError: Cannot open display ":0" Exiting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/678192/+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