Comment 0 for bug 607783

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

I cannot hook up an external monitor or beamer to my Dell Latitude E6510 using the VGA port. When I open the "monitors" dialogue, the screen goes black if there is a VGA cable plugged in. Only alt-sysrq-REISUB works to restart the computer.
The chip is an intel one (intel core i5), not nvidia.
I tried the xorg-edgers PPA to see if newer packages fix the problem, but that is not the case.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-3ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-7.11~lucid1-generic 2.6.35-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 9f21fd2185c4c78c7747514ec103f65b
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
Date: Tue Jul 20 15:58:38 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6510
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-7-generic root=UUID=c17d1179-45a9-4a75-99f5-b85563d6f6c8 ro splash quiet quiet splash i915.modeset=1 acpi_sleep=s3_bios
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
dmi.bios.date: 05/28/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 02K3Y4
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd05/28/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6510:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn02K3Y4:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6510
dmi.product.version: 0001
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-7-generic