[i915] Correct screen resolution cannot be set on Latitude D610 (Intel 915)

[manfromthezoo]

Problem encountered in Intrepid.

The correct supported screen resolution doesn't work, offering only a 1024 X 768 maximum resolution. This is occuring on an Intel 915 based variety of the Dell Latitude D610 laptop (not the separately available ATI version).

I have tried using dkpg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, and manually entered the details into xorg.conf. However, this makes the problem worse and X does not re-launch properly - Ubuntu will subsequently only run in Safe Graphics mode.

Perhaps there is a manual fix however a) I can't find one and b) the 915GM is not an uncommon graphics chip so I don't think manual intervention should be required.

I would also add that the general display is 'fuzzy' - nothing looks as sharp as it does on Windows on the same machine.

This, for now, has rendered Ubuntu unusable for me and I fear it might put off others trying it on this (fairly) common notebook.

[Duane Hinnen (duanedesign)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. What graphics driver are you using? Are you using the xserver-xorg-video-intel or the uvesafb driver? Thank you in advance.

[Duane Hinnen (duanedesign)]

sorry, after I submitted the comment I noticed this was filed against xserver-xorg-video-intel. I am assuming you did that. What version of this driver do you have installed? Could you please attach the following as separate attachments.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Run the following in terminal. It will create a file in your Home directory named lscpi-vvnn, please attach it as well.

$ sudo lspci -vvnn > ~/lspci-vvnn

thank you

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.