So this was caused because I still had "nomodeset" in my grub, which I had needed for the monitor to work after the initial install. Once I took it out, everything works fine. Oops.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1818250 Title: No HDMI Showing Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Ubuntu 18.04, Dell Inspiron 14 with Intel graphics. HDMI worked fine when I had Windows on the machine. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-15.16-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: LXQt Date: Fri Mar 1 23:45:17 2019 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: cosmic DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:22b1] (rev 35) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [1028:06ac] InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-02-20 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 14-3452 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-15-generic root=UUID=c0f6a434-daaf-4365-8d4e-fe4ca37a190f ro quiet splash nomodeset vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/01/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 4.3.0 dmi.board.name: 0TCR6W dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr4.3.0:bd02/01/2018:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron14-3452:pvr4.3.0:rvnDellInc.:rn0TCR6W:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.family: Inspiron dmi.product.name: Inspiron 14-3452 dmi.product.sku: 06AC dmi.product.version: 4.3.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.95-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.1-3ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1818250/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp