Lee Willis, I was having the very same issue with fglrx - corrupted display, barely usabe, clicking didn't work, even after barely possible to target what you wanted to click, etc. However, I came to this fix that works - run Terminal with keyboard CTRL+ALT+T and do sudo su and then xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1 --output VGA1 --auto --scale 1.0001x1.0001 After that, everything becomes usable again. However, this does NOT fix the issue with random switching of resolutions/monitors/mirroring! That is still present. Now, I am testing with Ubuntu 14.04 for my bug report and will provide feedback when I have used it for long enough.
Oh, Christopher M. Penalver, I have seen your info that this laptop had new BIOS released - the A12 and I flashed it today. I still had the exact same problem on Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy) and as I said, I will report (in my bug report) how version 14.04 goes... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907381 Title: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/907381/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
