[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Daniel van Vugt
I can imagine some delays could be mutter's fault... (just a theory) If we get a burst of a number of new connector/hotplug/udev events and mutter tries to action each one immediately then it will take a long time and lots of flashing to get through all of them. To avoid that, mutter should be

[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Wow. Already reported, by the same person, 1 bugs ago. Bug 1849955. ** Tags added: eoan ** Also affects: mutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Daniel van Vugt
I would like to understand if the long delay is just the time it takes for the kernel to advertise the new connectors, or if it's some delay in mutter. Separately, yes the desktop should never appear cut in the middle of the screen like that so that part sounds like a mutter bug. We potentially

[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Yeah the data we would like to see attached automatically are: lspci -k xrandr Alan, can you please run 'xrandr' before and after docking, and attach them? I suspect the trigger for this confusion is the introduction of new monitor connectors (not just new monitors). Also please run: ls

[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Thank you for your bug report. could you attach the full 'journalctl -b 0' log from the system after triggering the bug? Also could you give some details on the videocard/driver you are using (Daniel, Marco, should we update the apport hook to include those informations?) -- You received this

[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Alan Pope  濾
Comparison: Ubuntu on Wayland on same hardware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw0cq5FwpHU Less flicker than Ubuntu, and faster it seems. Around 13 seconds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1859955] Re: Display freaks out when external monitors are attached

2020-01-16 Thread Alan Pope  濾
Comparison: Windows 10 on the same hardware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEvidzgedGk Process takes 5 seconds, no flicker. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1859955 Title: Display