Comment 56 for bug 619663

-proposed added to sources, update/upgrade'd, libdrm2 is installed, the problem is still very much present.

How is this not fixed yet? Surely this must be affecting a lot of people.
Most budget netbooks will have intel chips, and a fair amount of these users must enjoy using an external monitor to make up for the small monitors when at home. Story aside, here are the details:

Clean Maverick Netbook Ed. install, updated, upgraded, plugged in second monitor, the second the Monitors configuration panel recognises it (either by starting it while already plugged in or running detect monitor if plugging it in after launched) the screen will resize itself more or less properly (hard to tell) but flicker (only desktop visible for ~3-4 seconds, then windows visible for 1/2 second, continuously). The computer will also only accept inputs while the windows are visible.

I'm sorry but this issue is most definitely not fixed :/