12.04 thinks my desktop is a laptop

[Candlehawk]

Only one of my monitors, which is connected with VGA is showing up, and the other, connected via HDMI does not show up at all. Now I will go ahead and not that on 11.04 this other monitor worked fine, and has worked fine in many other linux distros. To get 12.04 to actually install, I needed to select 'nomodeset' on boot. After it installed, I went to Display settings to figure out why my other monitor was not showing up, to find that it considered my first display as "Laptop" and would not detect my other display.
lspci is as follows:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
    Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f60fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e8000000-00000000f3ffffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 61
    Memory at f662c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: mei
    Kernel modules: mei

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 60
    Memory at f6600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
    Memory at f6629000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    I/O ports at f040 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: e1000e
    Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at f6628000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8410
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 62
    Memory at f6620000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
    Memory behind bridge: e0200000-e03fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0400000-00000000e05fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
    Memory behind bridge: f6500000-f65fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
    Memory behind bridge: f6400000-f64fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0100000-00000000e01fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
    Memory behind bridge: f6300000-f63fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev b5) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
    Memory behind bridge: f6200000-f62fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
    Memory behind bridge: f6100000-f61fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
    Memory at f6627000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z68 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 844d
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
    I/O ports at f090 [size=8]
    I/O ports at f080 [size=4]
    I/O ports at f070 [size=8]
    I/O ports at f060 [size=4]
    I/O ports at f020 [size=32]
    Memory at f6626000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
    Memory at f6625000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    I/O ports at f000 [size=32]
    Kernel modules: i2c-i801

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83be
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
    Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
    Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
    I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at f6000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb

02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83be
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    Memory at f6080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

04:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at f6500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

05:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362 SATA Controller (rev 10) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
    I/O ports at d040 [size=8]
    I/O ports at d030 [size=4]
    I/O ports at d020 [size=8]
    I/O ports at d010 [size=4]
    I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
    Memory at f6410000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at e0100000 [disabled] [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ahci

06:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    Memory at f6300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

07:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=07, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=32
    I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
    Memory behind bridge: f6200000-f62fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

08:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M4A series motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
    Memory at f6200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    I/O ports at c000 [size=128]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
    Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

09:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8477
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
    I/O ports at b040 [size=8]
    I/O ports at b030 [size=4]
    I/O ports at b020 [size=8]
    I/O ports at b010 [size=4]
    I/O ports at b000 [size=16]
    Memory at f6110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
    Expansion ROM at f6100000 [disabled] [size=64K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ahci

If any further information is needed, please let me know.

[HoCo xXSamXx]

I know it sounds rudimentary, but have you restarted your machine?

[Candlehawk]

Solved. It was not because I needed to restart my computer (lol) but instead because Nvidia's manager was not showing up for some reason. Fixed now, however Unity is still very buggy with this setup.

[Joherrer]

I didn't undestand how you made "Nvidia manager show up".
I am having same problem and cannot fix it...

[hc sonicboom]

hey i had the same problem and i could not fix it i use nvidia but now instead of it thinking the desktop screen is a laptop screen it comes up with a black screen and i can't do anything to fix it i can't get anything back I'm currently working on a game (well was) until my computer had the problem and then the black screen problem i used an old version that was on a disk to get on the computer but i can't get my stuff back so basicly unless i get some help I'm screwed