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I have my laptop duel-booted Windows 7/Ubuntu 14.10 running with the KDE desktop (although this problem was present before I changed from Gnome). This problem has been present ever since I first installed Linux. My computer supports resolutions up to 1366 x 768, but my Ubuntu states its maximum resolution as 1024 x 768. If anyone knows of a way to fix this, please help.

Result of running xrandr:

xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 800 x 600, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected primary 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768       0.0*
   800x600       61.0

Result of running lspci | grep VGA (for finding the graphics card)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)

Any help is much appreciated, and if any more information is required, please ask.

EDIT: I just tried running the Intel Linux graphics installer to see if my graphics cards needed updating (though they should have been up-to-date already). The graphics installer then said that my distribution was not supported. Does Intel support 14.10?

EDIT #2: I found that Intel has not released official drivers for Ubuntu 14.10 (I had thought originally that they had and that I had installed them). I am going to back up my computer and do a fresh install back to 14.04 to see if that fixes the problem.

Cob
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Whoops, sorry! I have company here and I was a little distracted. Here is the link I referred to in my comment which might help you to make your graphics controller work better.

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gyropyge
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I found out what was causing the problem. The drivers weren't installed correctly. I found out that Intel does not have support for Ubuntu 14.10, only 14.04. I did a fresh install of 14.04 and now everything is working again.

Cob
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