Public bug reported: This does not appear to be the same as https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/753971 which relates to Unity. I hope I've filed this under the right package.
Note, all packages on this system are up to date as of 1 hour ago. When I plug in my external monitor, the image on the laptop (Dell Latitude D620) and on the monitor (Lenovo L220x) is corrupted. Mostly it goes black with some white diagonal blocks. See screenshot. The problem occurs irrespective of whether Unity or Ubuntu Classic desktop is used. Some parts of the screen return to normal as they get refreshed, (e.g. network applet, system monitor applet etc), or the focus is given to an application. Using the laptop's LCD switcher key sometimes has no effect and sometimes completely hangs the system to the point of a hard-reset is required. Running the 'monitors' program, or xrandr shows both screens are detected correctly with the correct resolutions. $ lspci -vvnn | grep 'VGA ' 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic 2.6.38-11.48 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dave 11930 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xdfebc000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9200' Components : 'HDA:83847690,102801c2,00102201 HDA:14f12bfa,14f100c3,00090000' Controls : 12 Simple ctrls : 7 CheckboxSubmission: 9590d054d7732d6ca79b1e864619cea7 CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 Date: Thu Sep 15 10:13:35 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e58d09c1-6a8c-4a05-b00e-9d33465d2d38 MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D620 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 32-bit PC Card ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=9845e35f-8bdb-42c2-a6f8-a90922d5a40e ro quiet splash ipv6.disable=1 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-11-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-11-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-03 (73 days ago) WpaSupplicantLog: dmi.bios.date: 08/28/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A04 dmi.board.name: 0TD761 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd08/28/2006:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TD761:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude D620 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850763 Title: [Intel 945GM/GMS] Plugging in external display results in garbled screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/850763/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs