[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-08-17 Thread matthew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 I just realized that on my Thinkpad T410 if I keep the external monitor (connected via display port) off and then turn it on after my laptop is on the ubuntu login screen, then log in, the external monitor

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-08-09 Thread Jezza
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 Affects me on Toshiba m700 (w touchscreen) and Benq secondary monitor results of sudo lshw -C display; cat /etc/lsb-release *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-07-07 Thread tully
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 same on TP T400 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817 Title: natty regression: screen goes

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-05-16 Thread matthew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 Affects me on Thinkpad T410 w/ Intel integrated graphics. External screen connected via display port. Screen set to span both displays. When I start the computer, external display is blank. Then I need to

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-05-09 Thread Mustafa SAKALSIZ
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 I have the same problem with sirovsky (#55). I have a Sony Vaio with Intel on-board video card. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-05-04 Thread sirovsky
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 I have the exact same issue on my Thinkpad Edge 14 (Natty 32bit), when working in the Classic session. Upon plugging in an external monitor [via HDMI], (or when booting with it plugged, after entering the

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-30 Thread Alberto Aresca
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 I have a Samsung qx310 and I have been affected by the exact same behaviour - always a black screen in the dock and while connecting the monitor directly with the laptop. I installed the kernel suggested in

Re: [Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-26 Thread Martin Pool
This kernel seem to have another regression that about one time in three, when suspending, it will hang with the 'suspend' and capslock lights flashing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 Alright, well it is an experimental kernel and likely has its own new bugs it brings, but we should stay focused on the original black screen issue. (If you feel motivated, upstream would probably like to

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-22 Thread Bernhard Kausler
Dear Martin, regarding problem 1: Using the notebook display as my left and the monitor as my right screen, I observe this artifacts, that you describe: - Context menus leave a rectangle painted with background behind (Gnome). - Auto-hiding panels do not reappear when moving the mouse to the

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-21 Thread Martin Pool
OK, there are three problems related to external screens, with these packages installed. Let me know if you want them to be filed separately: 1- after connecting the external monitor (even if it's not turned on or active) some windows are painted incorrectly, with bits of the desktop background

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-21 Thread Martin Pool
actually 2 and 3 might have been due to the 'displays' control panel being moved off screen when I switched monitors, and the fallback timeout going off. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-20 Thread Bjørn Madsen
Will just confirm this as well. Thinkpad L412 (could this be a thinkpad specific problem?). Screen attached through VGA directly or through dock results in black screen after logging in. GDM and terminals work fine on both screens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-20 Thread Bryce Harrington
Ah, the blank screen issues are apparently DPMS breakage in the kernel specific to Arrandale graphics chips. Arrandale gfx appears to be used in many recent thinkpad models, but aside from that it seems not to be a thinkpad-specific issue. I did up an X driver patch to try and work around the

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-20 Thread Bryce Harrington
Btw, there are getting to be a lot of differing bugs and issues accumulating here in this report; let's please focus just on the black screen issue with ext. monitor, since that's the title of the report. Other various side issues like kernel BUGs or so on would be easier to manage filed as new

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-20 Thread Martin Pool
2011-04-21 11:24:54 configure xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu8~lp747205~2 none 2011-04-21 11:24:54 status unpacked xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu8~lp747205~2 2011-04-21 11:24:54 status half-configured xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu8~lp747205~2 2011-04-21 11:24:54

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-20 Thread Martin Pool
I'm happy to say with that kernel installed this is fixed (at least in my test). I can switch between internal, external, mirror and side-by- side using fn-f7 both at the gdm prompt and in gnome classic. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-17 Thread Bernhard Kausler
I confirm this bug, too. My setup: Thinkpad X201 in Ultrabase connected to external monitor via hdmi-DVI (using the original Lenovo hdmi to DVI converter). All worked as expected in Ubuntu 10.10. An additional remark: Using only the external monitor doesn't work with the screen setup tool

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-11 Thread Martin Pool
When I rebooted with today's updates, I did not see the crash mentioned in comment #39 and #40. I get mirrored screens on the text console and at the gdm greeter screen. After logging in to Ubuntu Classic I initially get a black screen, but pressing Fn-F7 does flip between modes. Strangely

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-11 Thread Martin Pool
It's a bit more complicated: when I reconnected and tried to use the external monitor, it was back to the original behaviour of showing just black on both panels. With the monitor connected by vga over either the ultrabase or built in vga port, I get the flickering red/black display. Unplugging

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-10 Thread Martin Pool
With today's natty updates, if the external monitor is connected, the machine crashes while booting, with this oops recorded: Apr 10 17:47:45 joy kernel: [5.913652] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0230 Apr 10 17:47:45 joy kernel: [5.913701] IP:

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-10 Thread Martin Pool
screenshot of crash ** Attachment added: IMG_0947.JPG https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/749817/+attachment/2008997/+files/IMG_0947.JPG -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-10 Thread bugbot
** Tags added: dual-head ** Tags added: black-screen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817 Title: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected --

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-05 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) = xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-05 Thread Martin Pool
bradm apparently saw problems with his external monitor go away when he upgraded to kernel 2.6.38-8.40, so I wanted to confirm that has not fixed this problem for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Roché Compaan
I have an Thinkpad x201i and I can confirm the exact same behaviour - always a black screen in the dock and while connecting the monitor directly with the laptop. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread SimonW
I can confirm this behaviour on a Thinkpad x201s. This is VERY annoing. Btw. under certain circumstances I can get the second monitor to work, but yet this is unreprocuable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
RAOF So something's setting strangeness. I don't suppose a guest mode login works? Also, could you set the drm.debug=0x04 kernel parameter (either from the command line, or via /sys/modules/drm/parameters/debug) and reproduce, then attach dmesg and Xorg.0.log to the bug? Attached is me

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/749817/+attachment/1980553/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817 Title:

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log.old https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/749817/+attachment/1980554/+files/Xorg.0.log.old -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
penguin42 suggested running intel_reg_dumper ** Attachment added: working-reg-dump https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/749817/+attachment/1980572/+files/working-reg-dump -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
I don't know if it's connected to the drm debug setting, but my mouse now seems really jerky and unresponsive. I have to click several times to make it respond. I did install other updates before rebooting so it may be caused by something else. -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
** Attachment added: black-regs https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/749817/+attachment/1980670/+files/black-regs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817 Title:

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
I don't have an option in gdm for a guest session. When I logged in to a test account with little history, I get similar behaviour: it did actually come up at first with only the internal monitor working. Through the monitor control panel I could see the external monitor. It thought it was in

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
(both samples were the same: once when running in my test account and then again under my own account.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817 Title: natty regression: screen goes

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Bryce Harrington
@Martin, alright I've fixed bug 749809, try running this to attach the log files and such: apport-collect 749817 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-04 Thread Martin Pool
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected compiz-0.9 ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg I have a Thinkpad X201 connected through it's docking station/ultrabase to a Dell 2709W monitor. This was working fine under Maverick; normally with the internal monitor

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-03 Thread Martin Pool
** Attachment added: lspci-vvnn.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817/+attachment/1975274/+files/lspci-vvnn.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/749817 Title: natty

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-03 Thread Martin Pool
With the external monitor turned off, the laptop works ok in the base station. I should also mention the monitor's connected to the base's displayport port. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-03 Thread Martin Pool
Ok, and, very interesting, if I unplug the displayport cable and connect across vga instead, then everything seems to work well (aside from being a bit blurry.) ** Summary changed: - natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected + natty regression: screen goes black when

[Bug 749817] Re: natty regression: screen goes black when external monitor is connected

2011-04-03 Thread Martin Pool
Actually, I'm not sure if this is correlated with the choice of display connecter. It worked once over vga, but when I tried it again I just got the black screen with white cursor, on another attempt the screen just showed auto adjustment in progress, and one more time it just showed flickering