2nd display (laptop to monitor) is pixelated/fuzzy on boot until you turn off and back on (see video)

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a;xrandr

Thanks

Thank you for trying to help:

 *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:44 memory:f0000000-f03fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:3000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
Linux david-ThinkPad-X240 4.15.0-34-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 27 15:21:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 277mm x 156mm
   1366x768 60.00*+
   1360x768 59.80 59.96
   1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
   1024x768 60.04 60.00
   960x720 60.00
   928x696 60.05
   896x672 60.01
   1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
   960x600 59.93 60.00
   960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
   800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
   840x525 60.01 59.88
   864x486 59.92 59.57
   800x512 60.17
   700x525 59.98
   800x450 59.95 59.82
   640x512 60.02
   720x450 59.89
   700x450 59.96 59.88
   640x480 60.00 59.94
   720x405 59.51 58.99
   684x384 59.88 59.85
   680x384 59.80 59.96
   640x400 59.88 59.98
   576x432 60.06
   640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
   512x384 60.00
   512x288 60.00 59.92
   480x270 59.63 59.82
   400x300 60.32 56.34
   432x243 59.92 59.57
   320x240 60.05
   360x202 59.51 59.13
   320x180 59.84 59.32
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm
   1920x1080 60.00*+ 50.00 59.94
   1920x1080i 60.00 50.00 59.94
   1680x1050 59.88
   1280x1024 75.02 60.02
   1440x900 59.90
   1280x960 60.00
   1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
   1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
   832x624 74.55
   800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
   720x576 50.00
   720x480 60.00 59.94
   640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 60.00 59.94
   720x400 70.08
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Is that before or after you do the fix?

The last message was after I switch off the monitor and back on (so the screen goes back to normal).

Here are the results if I do this when the screen does it's thing (when I login the monitor turns off completely - again if I turn the monitor off and back on it's fine):

  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:44 memory:f0000000-f03fffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:3000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
Linux david-ThinkPad-X240 4.15.0-34-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Aug 27 15:21:48 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 277mm x 156mm
   1366x768 60.00*+
   1360x768 59.80 59.96
   1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
   1024x768 60.04 60.00
   960x720 60.00
   928x696 60.05
   896x672 60.01
   1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
   960x600 59.93 60.00
   960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
   800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
   840x525 60.01 59.88
   864x486 59.92 59.57
   800x512 60.17
   700x525 59.98
   800x450 59.95 59.82
   640x512 60.02
   720x450 59.89
   700x450 59.96 59.88
   640x480 60.00 59.94
   720x405 59.51 58.99
   684x384 59.88 59.85
   680x384 59.80 59.96
   640x400 59.88 59.98
   576x432 60.06
   640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
   512x384 60.00
   512x288 60.00 59.92
   480x270 59.63 59.82
   400x300 60.32 56.34
   432x243 59.92 59.57
   320x240 60.05
   360x202 59.51 59.13
   320x180 59.84 59.32
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm
   1920x1080 60.00*+ 50.00 59.94
   1920x1080i 60.00 50.00 59.94
   1680x1050 59.88
   1280x1024 75.02 60.02
   1440x900 59.90
   1280x960 60.00
   1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
   1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
   832x624 74.55
   800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
   720x576 50.00
   720x480 60.00 59.94
   640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 60.00 59.94
   720x400 70.08
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Any ideas?

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