a. When I installed your patched driver and the laptop lid was _open_ it worked fine(!): I got the desktop showing on the external monitor as expected. The odd thing is that with the laptop lid closed I still get a blank external monitor...
b. I couldn't even boot with that kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734756 Title: [Arrandale] Blank screen when booting with external monitor (x86_64) _______________________________________________ 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