Here's the three files you requested. I tried you suggested Modeline, but still have same issue. Note that I'm running this off the livecd this time and there is a bunch of junk in the dmesg related to the cdrom drive.
** Attachment added: "dmesg-broken" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41322001/dmesg-broken -- Nouveau not working with Modeline resolution in xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538275 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs