Oh wait -- you are saying that the external monitor does not receive a signal at any point in time? I thought the external monitor would stop working *during/after* running dist-upgrade, and start working again after a reboot.
That sounds like a kernel/video driver/X.org regression then, reassigning. ** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438306 Title: External monitors receive no signal over DisplayPort To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1438306/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp