So, I have eventually ended up switching out my videocards in my laptop and replacing with GeForce.. no problems at all now ;)
But, I DID notice this from the most recent Catalyst (9.8) release notes ; [RandR 1.2] Monitor detection now functions properly, client no longer takes several seconds per monitor May be worth someone giving that new version a try ? I firmly believe that the monitor detection was fubared. -- x gives black screen with fglrx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285701 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

