<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><span>Hi all,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I have a rather old EEPC 1000HE laptop that I am trying to load up with ubuntu 16.04 LTS.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The problem is that I can’t get the laptop screen to work properly. It just displays garbled nonsense (exactly like this: </span><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5khdj3c22t5vgb9/IMG_1873.JPG?dl=0" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://www.dropbox.com/s/5khdj3c22t5vgb9/IMG_1873.JPG?dl=0</a> )</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The thing is, the screen works fine if i plug in an external monitor (I can even do extended display using both screens). But if I boot the system without an external monitor, then I get the garbled screen as per the screenshot).</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Has anyone got any thoughts on this - I’ve been trawling google for hours but with no luck so far)</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">thanks heaps for any suggestions</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">David</font></div><div><br></div><div><span>Sent from my iPhone</span></div></div></div></body></html>