I have a new Intel DZ77BH-55K motherboard with an i5-2400 processor with on-chip HD graphics. The motherboard has one HDMI and one DisplayPort output. For testing reasons and on the search to solve the problem I have connected both outputs to my EIZO EV2333W 23-inch 1920x1080 (16:9) monitor (HDMI to DVI via adapter, DisplayPort to DisplayPort), but I have the same problem when the DisplayPort cable is not connected.
The problem is that if the computer boots up and shows the login screen the login screen appears with 1024x768 resolution and not with the monitor's native 1920x1080. The driver is actually the intel driver (no fallback to VESA). After login I can correct thedisplay to 1920x1080 with the "Displays" section of the System Settings and this persists when I log out an log in again, only the login screen and the desktop of every new user stays 1024x768.
The problem seems that there are more than the two (HDMI and DisplayPort) displays reported by the driver, according to the xrandr output. Especially there is a "VGA1" display always considered as connected and with max resolution of 1024x768. This seems to somehow determine the default resolution, probably because the standard multi-monitor mode is mirroring and due to the VGA1 ghost display also a system with one monitor and one monitor cable is already in multi-monitor mode.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-6.6-generic 3.5.0
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-6-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Jul 27 12:12:56 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes,
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0102] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2040]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120724.2)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-6-generic root=UUID=270acb41-78a4-4df9-84b3-2e3943b4d4dd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/08/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: BHZ7710H.86A.0057.2012.0208.1904
dmi.board.name: DZ77BH-55K
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAG39008-400
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrBHZ7710H.86A.0057.2012.0208.1904:bd02/08/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDZ77BH-55K:rvrAAG39008-400:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3249-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.37-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.3-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.3-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.1.902-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~really6.14.4-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.19.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-1build1
Raising importance as Intel HD graphics is common in modern PCs.