Comment 20 for bug 147846

Shaun, you have an intel so this bug is not really for you. The reason why that patch helped was that it allowed you to use Modes -settings even though the drivers are randr-1.2 capable. If you don't get the correct resolution out-of-the-box, then it's a bug in the driver or your monitor/panel reports bogus EDID information which means that the setting need to be forced. See http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12