Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #454388
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 454388

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) wrote : Re: intel card connected to a monitor acer AL1916 stuck at low resolution due a DDC issue

As a temporary fix i suggest you to try this:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/Resolution (read at the end)
and this
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/429369 (read at the end)

Hope this helps