Screen won't fit the monitor resolution on my laptop

[Jdavid-1385]

After upgrading the linux kernel, the next boot X started with wrong resolution, after looking around I think it could be related to the auto i915.modeset=0 in the kernel args, but I don't know how to get this fixed. Moreover the xorg fallsback to vesa on init (I am not sure this is the proper way to express that).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-39.57~precise1-generic 3.8.13.20
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-39-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sun Apr 27 11:46:45 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-04-27 09:47:02,400 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.8.0-38-generic, i686: installed
 virtualbox, 4.1.12, 3.8.0-39-generic, i686: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30d8]
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30d8]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 6720s
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=es_ES:en
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-39-generic root=UUID=33a0c2f1-d3d3-4679-8cd9-c3b5ac1d2ce2 ro quiet splash nomodeset vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-04-27 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/05/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68MDU Ver. F.01
dmi.board.name: 30D8
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 83.0C
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU746249V
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68MDUVer.F.01:bd07/05/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaq6720s:pvrF.01:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30D8:rvrKBCVersion83.0C:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq 6720s
dmi.product.version: F.01
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu3
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1ubuntu0.0.0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.3~glasen~ppa1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.3~glasen~ppa1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.14
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1~precise~xup2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.15~precise~ppa1.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3~precise~xup2

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jdavid-1385, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. 12.04.3 reached EOL in August 2014. For more on this, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases .

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