I got the same issue today (or from the updates from the xserver-xorg- video-intel) yesterday.
Video card: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) Driver: xserver-xorg-video-intel - Version: 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu1 Kernel: 2.6.31-10-generic-pae #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 11 00:30:46 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux xorg.conf was empty, after putting the old one back, the issue persist. -- gnome-display-properties does nothing when selecting and external monitor and clicking apply https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to x11-xserver-utils 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

