THis is the result with dmesg | grep intel
[ 1.987610] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x20220 [ 1.987629] intel_idle: v0.4.1 model 0x1C [ 1.987634] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0x2 [ 2.013276] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 945GME Chipset [ 2.013330] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 262144K total, 262144K mappable [ 2.013427] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 8192K stolen memory [ 2.013765] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000 [ 3.378181] fb: switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA [ 3.808471] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6 at /build/linux-0c7Pc_/linux-4.4.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c:406 intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915]() [ 3.808696] [<f8acafb4>] ? intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915] [ 3.808796] [<f8acafb4>] ? intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915] [ 3.808904] [<f8acafb4>] intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915] [ 3.809006] [<f8acace0>] ? intel_crtc_fb_gamma_get+0x40/0x40 [i915] [ 3.809198] [<f8acbe90>] ? intel_fbdev_init+0x530/0x530 [i915] [ 3.809298] [<f8acbea9>] intel_fbdev_initial_config+0x19/0x20 [i915] [ 3.812450] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 3.812844] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device [ 3.832514] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 87 at /build/linux-0c7Pc_/linux-4.4.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c:406 intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915]() [ 3.832759] [<f8acafb4>] ? intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915] [ 3.832859] [<f8acafb4>] ? intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915] [ 3.832967] [<f8acafb4>] intel_fb_initial_config+0x2d4/0x5f0 [i915] [ 3.833069] [<f8acace0>] ? intel_crtc_fb_gamma_get+0x40/0x40 [i915] [ 3.833334] [<f8acc05a>] intel_fbdev_output_poll_changed+0x1a/0x20 [i915] [ 3.834328] [<f8ab52e8>] ? intel_pre_plane_update+0xd8/0x130 [i915] [ 3.834428] [<f8ab5cff>] intel_atomic_commit+0x52f/0x6a0 [i915] [ 3.834988] [<f8acc05a>] intel_fbdev_output_poll_changed+0x1a/0x20 [i915] [ 16.748840] intel_rng: FWH not detected [ 19.441617] intel_powerclamp: No package C-state available at the 4th line I found that I have Intel 945GME Chipset and not I915 as referred later on in dmesg. does it effect this thread? cheers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686189 Title: External monitor connecting problem on Intel graphics card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1686189/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs