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[Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I'm *finally* back home and was able to test this...

I can confirm part of what Thierry suggested.  I removed
~/.config/monitors.xml and that got rid of the Samsung flashing monitor
on reboot.

It comes up in cloned monitor mode, dropping down to the lowest common
resolution, which is 1280x800.  I am now working on my 24" monitor at
1280x800, which is better than the unusable flashing screen.

Okay, so now I try to change the resolution of my Samsung monitor to its
max.  I disabled the laptop screen entirely, and then I set the external
Samsung to 1920x1080, and boom, flashing green/black screen all over
again :-(

Give it 30 seconds, and it restores.

Next, I tried enabling both screens, with my laptop at 1280x800 and my
external monitor at 1920x1080.  Surprisingly, this worked just fine.
Unfortunately, this isn't my preferred working setup :-(  I prefer to
put my laptop in my docking station, lid closed, and go straight from a
single screen with 1280x800 resolution, to a single external monitor
with 1920x1080.

Note that all of this works fine in 10.10.  And also note that all of my
testing is in the Gnome Classic Desktop.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737891

Title:
  [Arrandale] gnome-display-properties unable to correctly enable
  monitors connected to VGA