Public bug reported: This isn't new, this idiocy has annoyed me ever since I've been using Ubuntu; however, after upgrading to 20.04 I'm disappointed to see that it still hasn't been fixed.
I use a laptop and I have an external monitor that I keep connected most of the time. So, I have it set up to use the external screen as the only display. However, when I boot and the login screen shows up, a different configuration, which I guess is the default, is applied, with the laptop's built-in display as the main display and the external screen as the secondary one in extended desktop configuration. Therefore the login screen shows up on the builtin display. Only after I log in, my configuration gets applied and the builtin displey turns off and the external one becomes the only one. It's not a huge deal since the laptop screen is kind of in front of me anyway so I can see it, but it's not ideal and it's stupid. Also, it implies that when I do log in, I have that few seconds of all-black screens while the displays adjust, which is irritating considered they would have had plenty of time to do that before I logged in. I guess the display configuration is somehow stored as associated to the user, and I understand that theoretically different users may have different configurations. However, that's no excuse. As an administrator, I should be able to choose a configuration that gets applied from the beginning before anybody logs in. Also, given that I am the ONLY user (which is a pretty common scenario on Desktop), it should be the default that my configuration be the global configuration (with the possibility to choose differently). Probably a good solution would be to have, in the Displays settings, an option such as "apply this configuration globally" (or whatever better phrasing), meaning it would be applied before login. Obviously that doesn't mean that, if the saved configuration is not applicable to the current situation at startup (e.g. I have set it up to use only the external monitor but there is no external monitor connected right now), it shouldn't automatically switch to a different workable setting. I think it already does that if that happens after login, so that would be no different before login. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.108 Wed Dec 11 11:06:58 PST 2019 GCC version: gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 12 21:04:20 2020 DistUpgraded: 2020-07-12 20:55:12,554 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8)) DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-340, 340.108, 5.3.0-62-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-340, 340.108, 5.4.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: No GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [1025:0647] NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / 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 (2466 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-40-generic root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (0 days ago) 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.family: Type1Family dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G dmi.product.sku: Aspire V3-_0648_V2.07 dmi.product.version: V2.07 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+20.04.20200211-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 xserver.bootTime: Sun Jul 12 20:59:51 2020 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: modeset(G0): eglGetDisplay() failed modeset(G0): glamor initialization failed NVIDIA(0): Failed to initiate mode change. NVIDIA(0): Failed to complete mode change xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal third-party-packages ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1887304 Title: Display configuration gets applied only after I log in Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This isn't new, this idiocy has annoyed me ever since I've been using Ubuntu; however, after upgrading to 20.04 I'm disappointed to see that it still hasn't been fixed. I use a laptop and I have an external monitor that I keep connected most of the time. So, I have it set up to use the external screen as the only display. However, when I boot and the login screen shows up, a different configuration, which I guess is the default, is applied, with the laptop's built-in display as the main display and the external screen as the secondary one in extended desktop configuration. Therefore the login screen shows up on the builtin display. Only after I log in, my configuration gets applied and the builtin displey turns off and the external one becomes the only one. It's not a huge deal since the laptop screen is kind of in front of me anyway so I can see it, but it's not ideal and it's stupid. Also, it implies that when I do log in, I have that few seconds of all-black screens while the displays adjust, which is irritating considered they would have had plenty of time to do that before I logged in. I guess the display configuration is somehow stored as associated to the user, and I understand that theoretically different users may have different configurations. However, that's no excuse. As an administrator, I should be able to choose a configuration that gets applied from the beginning before anybody logs in. Also, given that I am the ONLY user (which is a pretty common scenario on Desktop), it should be the default that my configuration be the global configuration (with the possibility to choose differently). Probably a good solution would be to have, in the Displays settings, an option such as "apply this configuration globally" (or whatever better phrasing), meaning it would be applied before login. Obviously that doesn't mean that, if the saved configuration is not applicable to the current situation at startup (e.g. I have set it up to use only the external monitor but there is no external monitor connected right now), it shouldn't automatically switch to a different workable setting. I think it already does that if that happens after login, so that would be no different before login. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.108 Wed Dec 11 11:06:58 PST 2019 GCC version: gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jul 12 21:04:20 2020 DistUpgraded: 2020-07-12 20:55:12,554 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8)) DistroCodename: focal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-340, 340.108, 5.3.0-62-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-340, 340.108, 5.4.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: No GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [1025:0647] NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / 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 (2466 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-40-generic root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (0 days ago) 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.family: Type1Family dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G dmi.product.sku: Aspire V3-_0648_V2.07 dmi.product.version: V2.07 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+20.04.20200211-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1 xserver.bootTime: Sun Jul 12 20:59:51 2020 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: modeset(G0): eglGetDisplay() failed modeset(G0): glamor initialization failed NVIDIA(0): Failed to initiate mode change. NVIDIA(0): Failed to complete mode change xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1887304/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp