I tried the current daily live version, during booting, the ubuntu splash screen was at the external screen and the terminal output at the notebook. http://www.xup.in/dl,62860842/Screenshot_from_2014-01-26_18_35_03.png/
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 4310 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767 LVDS1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm 1366x768 60.1*+ 1360x768 59.8 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 640x480 59.9 VGA2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-1-1 connected 1024x768+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 HDMI-1-1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1920x1080 59.9 + 60.0 1680x1050 59.9 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1280x960 75.0 1152x864 75.0 1280x720 75.0 1024x768 75.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 1024x768 (0x44) 65.0MHz h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.4KHz v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.0Hz 800x600 (0x45) 40.0MHz h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.3Hz 800x600 (0x46) 36.0MHz h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock 35.2KHz v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock 56.2Hz ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr --auto Floating point exception (core dumped) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr --output VGA-1-1 --off X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR) Minor opcode of failed request: 7 (RRSetScreenSize) Value in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 48 Current serial number in output stream: 50 VGA was on by default ... but nothing connected. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr --output HDMI-1-1 --auto Floating point exception (core dumped) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr --query Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767 LVDS1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm 1366x768 60.1*+ 1360x768 59.8 60.0 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 640x480 59.9 VGA2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VGA-1-1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 HDMI-1-1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1920x1080 59.9 + 60.0 1680x1050 59.9 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1280x960 75.0 1152x864 75.0 1280x720 75.0 1024x768 75.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 1024x768 (0x44) 65.0MHz h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.4KHz v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.0Hz 800x600 (0x45) 40.0MHz h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.3Hz 800x600 (0x46) 36.0MHz h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock 35.2KHz v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock 56.2Hz ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr --output HDMI-1-1 --mode "1920x1080" After that, the external screen was also shown at the internal. There are some display failures like this and the fps seems slow, maybe 1 or 2 fps. http://www.xup.in/dl,12109661/IMG_20140126_195213.jpg/ ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ xrandr --output HDMI-1-1 --left-of LVDS1 X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR) Minor opcode of failed request: 7 (RRSetScreenSize) Value in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 47 Current serial number in output stream: 48 This crased my notebook screen, exteral was "working", more or less ... http://www.xup.in/dl,18664437/IMG_20140126_195126.jpg/ I hope this can help to fix problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040053 Title: 10de:0df4 [Dell XPS 15 L502X] no nouveau HDMI support with dual grafic card in Ubuntu 12.04LTS with 3.2.0-29-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1040053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs