For the external monitor lockup, you might try this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~sarvatt/+archive/sru6
This contains the following upstream patch, which fixes a common failure on ext. monitor hotplug. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/commit/?id=1c2932e9cb283942567c3dd2695d03b8045da27f -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978084 Title: [gm45] GPU lockup render.IPEHR: 0x01840000 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/978084/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
