I faced the same issue with an embedded LEX 2I260D-H26 on Ubuntu 16.04
both in kernels 4.6. I faced an issue where (when not blacklisting the
gma500_gfx driver via /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf), the HDMI screen
would stay black, unless the HDMI cable was NOT plugged in during boot
in which case I could connect HDMI after startup and then restart the
display manager.

Also, the setup worked perfectly fine on a 1280x720 monitor (which does
not support Full HD), but displayed the abovementioned failure modes in
Full HD. I don't know if the dmesg error message also appears on the
1280x720 monitor, but it appeared if and only if the HDMI stayed black.

I have solved this issue in Kernel 4.6 mainline (I have not tried with other 
kernels so far, but I will try with 4.4 in the next few weeks) by applying the 
following settings in "VGA setting" in the BIOS:
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size := 64 MB (default: 8 MB)
Total GFX Memory := 256 MB (default: 128 MB)

I have not checked if any of those settings individually solve the
issue. In any case, however, I believe it might be an issue with lack of
memory, possibly either in the driver or in the firmware. It might also
be related to a memory overflow/use-after-free etc that is triggered by
the lack of memory.

My recommended procedure to fix the issue on your hardware is to go into
your BIOS and increase all memory settings for the embedded graphics
until the problem disappears.

I hope this information can help you debug it in your system.

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