Bug 186905

Description of problem:

I have a dell X1 notebook (1280x768) and a dell 2001FP (1600x1200) monitor.
If I boot the machine with the monitor connected I find I cannot get the
resolution higher than 1280x1024. If I set it to 1600x1200 I get some sort of
virtual screen/expansion. 
If I try to switch over after I have booted the machine I still get the same
problem.
If I 
1) connect the monitor,
2) switch to it using the function keys of the laptop
3) disconect it
4) press enter at the grub screen so the machine boots
5) reconnect the monitor *after x has started* 

All is ok I get 1600x1200.

*Once I log in I get back to the virtual screen expansion*

*If I log in blind then connect the monitor I get 1600x1200!!!*

Seems every time X starts it over rides the settings. It seems to want to drive
the monitor at 75Hz even though I've set 60.0-60.0 in my /etc/xorg.conf.

I also had to use the 855resolution to get the 1280x768 working and add a
modeline to my xorg.conf file.

Here is a copy:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "synaptics"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1600x1200"
	DisplaySize  410	310
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
	VertRefresh  60.0 - 60.0
	ModeLine     "1280x768" 111.7 1280 1336 1616 1728 768 770 782 808
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "i810"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x960" "1280x768" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

latest


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:

As above
  
Actual results:

get a virtual desktop, i.e. can scroll around the screen, e.g. actual screen
displays 1024x768 pixels, virtual screen is made up of 1600x1200 pixels (ati
graphics cards do this)

Expected results:

plug monitor in and get 1600x1200

Additional info:

I have installed the 855resolution package.