Lee Willis / Goran Obal, just to clarify the WORKAROUND, do you have to xinput 
disable all three of the following, or could you do 1-2 of them and it still 
works:
    ↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=17 [slave keyboard (3)] 

** Description changed:

- A fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell Vostro 3550 with all updates (OSS 
only - no proprietary drivers). When connecting the laptop to an external 
monitor to extend my desktop the display settings are unstable. I choose to 
enable both the laptop panel, and the external monitor setting appropriate 
resolutions and apply settings. Sometimes the chosen settings do not "take". If 
they do apply, and I confirm that I want to keep the settings, at random 
intervals the display settings are auto-changed by the system. This may include:
- - Resetting to "mirrored" displays at 1024x768
- - Resetting to a single display on the laptop panel
- - Resetting to a single display on the external monitor
- - Some other weird combination.
+ On my Dell Vostro 3550, from 11.10 through 14.04 When connecting to an
+ external monitor to extend my desktop the display settings are unstable.
+ Sometimes the chosen settings do not "take". If they do apply, and I
+ confirm that I want to keep the settings, at random intervals the
+ display settings are auto-changed by the system. This may include
+ resetting to "mirrored" displays at 1024x768, a single display on the
+ laptop panel, a single display on the external monitor, or some other
+ undesired combination.
  
- E.g. When using my computer in a time range of 10 minutes i could get
- through 5 different dispositions and resolutions. It could be both
- display working fine, then only one but with wrong resolution, then the
- two again but with mirror, then just the second, and so on.
+ In Saucy, I attempted to use the proprietary drivers, but this did not work:
+ * fglrx-installer from the repository (Login screen fine, but logging in 
produces a black page with only white cursor showing).
+   * fglrx-installer-updates (Login screen fine, but logging in produces a 
black page with only white cursor showing).
+   * Manually installing Catalyst 13.4 - unusable display corruption.
+ 
+ WORKAROUND: xinput
+ ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
+ ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
+ ⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Optical Mouse id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
+ ⎜ ↳ DualPoint Stick id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
+ ⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
+ ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
+     ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Sleep Button id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_FHD id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Dell Dell USB Entry Keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
+     ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
+ 
+ xinput disable 7 && xinput disable 8 && xinput disable 17
  
  ---
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
  
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  CompizPlugins: No value set for 
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:04cd]
   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Whistler [Radeon HD 
6630M/6650M/6750M/7670M/7690M] [1002:6741] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Radeon HD 6630M [1028:04cd]
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20140108)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 3550
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: xorg-server (not installed)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper 
initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
  Tags:  trusty ubuntu compiz-0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
  
  dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A07
  dmi.board.name: 0DJW0H
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A07
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd07/18/2011:svnDellInc.:pnVostro3550:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0DJW0H:rvrA07:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Vostro 3550
  dmi.product.version: Not Specified
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.50-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.907-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:1.0.10-1ubuntu1
  xserver.bootTime: Wed Jan  8 13:59:41 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: RADEON(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   product id                                 739
   vendor                                     LGD
  xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2

** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  1002:6741 [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with
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