So, I have eventually ended up switching out my videocards in my laptop and replacing with GeForce.. no problems at all now ;)
But, I DID notice this from the most recent Catalyst (9.8) release notes ; [RandR 1.2] Monitor detection now functions properly, client no longer takes several seconds per monitor May be worth someone giving that new version a try ? I firmly believe that the monitor detection was fubared. -- x gives black screen with fglrx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285701 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