Ok - I think I see the same thing, and I think it's actually a gnome- desktop problem (or, at least, is only triggered by gnome-desktop's RANDR stuff). Can you please check whether running "xrandr --output LVDS1 --off" successfully turns off the laptop panel without breaking the external display?
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- 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/861426 Title: [Oneiric] [Regression] When disabling onboard LVDS display and just using external VGA screen corruption occurs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/861426/+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