I observe the same problem on 14.04 on HP EliteBook 840. dmesg:
[ 0.000000] Linux version 3.13.0-36-generic (buildd@toyol) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ) #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 3 21:30:07 UTC 2014 (Ubuntu 3.13.0-36.63-generic 3.13.11.6) [ 0.000000] DMI: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 840 G1/198F, BIOS L71 Ver. 01.06 01/24/2014 [19569.345195] [drm:intel_dp_aux_native_read] *ERROR* too many retries, giving up lspci: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 198f Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 63 Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at 3000 [size=64] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features Kernel driver in use: i915 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300914 Title: External screen undetected after first plug To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1300914/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs