The machine seems to have an Intel CPU/GPU from 2009, which makes me think this might be related somehow to bug 1727356. Can you please try booting Ubuntu 18.10 as a test?
http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.10/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1801747 Title: External display not recognized, internal one goes to black To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1801747/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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
