I'm also experiencing the same problem on a Gigabyte Brix J1900 unit (similar to Intel Nuc). When I plug in a monitor before turning the unit on, console shows a login on the display. If I plug a monitor after boot, it shows no input signal.
Same kernel/ubuntu version. Here is output from lspci -v: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0e) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) DeviceName: Onboard IGD Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at f080 [size=8] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [b0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=07 <?> Kernel modules: i915 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1616894 Title: [BYT] display hotplug doesn't work on console Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Baytrail (server) machines can't be booted up without a display connected, because hotplug doesn't work (X kinda works around it). This has been fixed upstream in v4.8-rc1, four commits need to be backported: 4570d833390b100 drm/i915/vlv: Make intel_crt_reset() per-encoder 4c732e6ee9e7190 drm/i915/vlv: Reset the ADPA in vlv_display_power_well_init() 21842ea84f161ae drm/i915/vlv: Disable HPD in valleyview_crt_detect_hotplug() 84c8e0963da434d drm/i915: Enable polling when we don't have hpd Test case: 1. - boot without a display attached - switch to vt1 - attach the display - hit a key, the display should wake up 2. - boot with a display - switch to vt1 - detach & attach the display - hit a key, the display should wake up To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1616894/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp