matteo sisti sette, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p xorg REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Tags added: bios-outdated-2.17 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256425 Title: whole screen became blank white - no recovery possible - after unplugging and replugging external monitor Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have a laptop with an external monitor connected. When the monitor is connected, I only use the external monitor. Usually, when I unplug the monitor, the screen switches automatically, i.e. the builtin screen turns on; when I replug the external monitor, the builtin screen turns off an the external monitor turns on. A few minutes ago I unplugged the external monitor, and the builtin screen became all white. I could see the mouse cursor on a white background and nothing else. The mouse cursor moved smoothly, but I could'nt do anything. Keystrokes such as tab, atl+tab, ctrl+alt+T (to open a terminal), Ctrl+Super+D, and the like, did absolutely nothing (or they do what they are supposed to do but I couldn't see it because the screen remained white. Replugging the monitor didn't fix the issue. When I plugged the monitor, the builtin screen would turn off, the external monitor would turn on but I could only see a white rectangle (probably of the same size as the laptop built in screen) on a black background, and the mouse cursor. Switching between virtual terminals (i.e. Ctrl+Alt+F1 and Ctrl+Alt+F7) worked, but wouldn't fix the issue. I had no other option than reboot (which I had to do from the F1 virtual terminal), obviously losing all my unsaved work because of such a stupid bug, when probably all programs were running fine but invisibly. Please tell me what can be done to force a "wake up" of the screen as a workaround so next time this happens at least I don't have to reboot and lose all my data. I think this is a REGRESSION, or at least I had never, ever seen this before in years of using ubuntu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48-generic 3.8.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Fri Nov 29 21:46:27 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: raring DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.8.0-32-generic, x86_64: installed vboxhost, 4.3.2, 3.8.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0647] NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] [10de:1140] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GeForce 710M [1025:0691] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (49 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-33-generic root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V2.07 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: VA50_HC_CR dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V2.07 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.07:bd10/15/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-571G:pvrV2.07:rvnAcer:rnVA50_HC_CR:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.07: dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G dmi.product.version: V2.07 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.7-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.7-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4.3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1 xserver.bootTime: Fri Nov 29 21:44:54 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2 xserver.video_driver: intel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1256425/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
