Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #419328
  2. Comment #29

Comment 29 for bug 419328

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pablomme (pablomme) wrote : Re: attaching external monitor: laptop display shows corrupted desktop

I have the same problem. Booting with the external screen attached is OK, and gnome-display-properties works fine. Attaching the screen once X has started and opening gnome-display-properties hangs the computer as described by j^.