The debugging information Chris Wilson is after can be gathered by adding ‘drm.debug=0xe’ to your kernel command line - you can do that the same way that you added “video=VGA-1:d”. Once you've booted, and the screen has flickered a bit, please grab dmesg and attach it here.
You should also be able to add “drm_kms_helper.poll=0” to your kernel command line in /etc/default/grub if you want that work around to be permanently enabled. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/681054 Title: [i915gm] screen repeatedly goes black for a fraction of a second (two monitors detected?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/681054/+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