Currently running wth Unity 2.8.4-0ubuntu1, the same or very similar symptoms are still present. Plugging an external 1024x768 monitor into my Atom netbook leaks to unity core dumping, on restart it spits out errors about the size of screen being to large:
GLRenderbuffer::GLRenderbuffer() ERROR: Size too big width=2304height=1024 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700757 Title: unity aborts when you plug in an external monitor -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs