** Description changed: + Every time I boot, while I'm trying to enter my password in the initial + login screen (from Unity?), a dialog box pops up saying "The selected + configuration for displays could not be applied. could not set the + configuration for CRTC 65". + + The dialog box also steals the keyboard focus, which is very confusing + if for some reason you're entering the password on an external display + while the normally unused laptop display is not visible. For example, + three times in a row this morning I rebooted and tried unsuccessfully to + log in. Since the dialog box is only displayed on the laptop display, + which I never use when external monitors are available, I had no idea + why my keyboard seemed broken. + + Background: + My Lenovo Thinkpad X230 Tablet laptop has a VGA and a DVI connector. I - had the VGA hooked up to a Viewsonic 1920x1080 monitor, positioned above - the laptop display. From Settings I tried to add a Samsung monitor to - the right of the Viewsonic, via a DVI-to-HDMI passive connector, and got - this dialog box when I hit "Apply": + have the VGA hooked up to a Viewsonic 1920x1080 monitor, positioned + above the laptop display. I have a Samsung monitor to the right of the + Viewsonic. Since my laptop seems to only support two displays (which + also seems true in Windows), I normally disable and totally ignore my + laptop display, and may have papers propped up in front of it etc. + + Note that when I initially configured the third display I saw the + following highly confusing behavior. From Settings I tried to add a + Samsung monitor to the right of the Viewsonic, via a DVI-to-HDMI passive + connector, and got this dialog box when I hit "Apply": The selected configuration for displays could not be applied could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 I clicked "OK" and got another dialog box: Failed to apply configuration: %s Can't add monitor: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._gnome_2drr_2derror_2dquark.Code2: could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 It works if I disable my laptop monitor, so it looks like the problem is - with adding a third display. + with adding a third display. I would think it would be a pretty common + use case to use two nice external displays and disable the laptop + display. + + Even when the hardware can't handle a third display, the error messages + should not be so confusing, and the login process shouldn't result in + the keyboard being mysteriously stolen by a dialog box on a display + which may never be visible. This is on Trusty 64-bit, up-to-date with upgrades. This bug seems similar to bug 1304627, but it seemed cleanest to get all the right information reported via ubuntu-bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 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 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Jan 9 15:35:57 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2203] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-01 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: LENOVO 343522U ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-43-generic root=UUID=6dce26c4-3d5b-4980-880e-06f249f77c57 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET96WW (2.56 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 343522U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET96WW(2.56):bd10/22/2013:svnLENOVO:pn343522U:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn343522U:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 343522U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Jan 8 07:07:01 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 728 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6
** Summary changed: - Can't add third monitor: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._gnome_2drr_2derror_2dquark.Code2: could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 + Popup dialog "could not set the configuration for CRTC 65" steals keyboard, hinders login in 3-monitor configuration -- 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/1409166 Title: Popup dialog "could not set the configuration for CRTC 65" steals keyboard, hinders login in 3-monitor configuration Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Every time I boot, while I'm trying to enter my password in the initial login screen (from Unity?), a dialog box pops up saying "The selected configuration for displays could not be applied. could not set the configuration for CRTC 65". The dialog box also steals the keyboard focus, which is very confusing if for some reason you're entering the password on an external display while the normally unused laptop display is not visible. For example, three times in a row this morning I rebooted and tried unsuccessfully to log in. Since the dialog box is only displayed on the laptop display, which I never use when external monitors are available, I had no idea why my keyboard seemed broken. Background: My Lenovo Thinkpad X230 Tablet laptop has a VGA and a DVI connector. I have the VGA hooked up to a Viewsonic 1920x1080 monitor, positioned above the laptop display. I have a Samsung monitor to the right of the Viewsonic. Since my laptop seems to only support two displays (which also seems true in Windows), I normally disable and totally ignore my laptop display, and may have papers propped up in front of it etc. Note that when I initially configured the third display I saw the following highly confusing behavior. From Settings I tried to add a Samsung monitor to the right of the Viewsonic, via a DVI-to-HDMI passive connector, and got this dialog box when I hit "Apply": The selected configuration for displays could not be applied could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 I clicked "OK" and got another dialog box: Failed to apply configuration: %s Can't add monitor: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._gnome_2drr_2derror_2dquark.Code2: could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 It works if I disable my laptop monitor, so it looks like the problem is with adding a third display. I would think it would be a pretty common use case to use two nice external displays and disable the laptop display. Even when the hardware can't handle a third display, the error messages should not be so confusing, and the login process shouldn't result in the keyboard being mysteriously stolen by a dialog box on a display which may never be visible. This is on Trusty 64-bit, up-to-date with upgrades. This bug seems similar to bug 1304627, but it seemed cleanest to get all the right information reported via ubuntu-bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 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 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Jan 9 15:35:57 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2203] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-01 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: LENOVO 343522U ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-43-generic root=UUID=6dce26c4-3d5b-4980-880e-06f249f77c57 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET96WW (2.56 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 343522U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET96WW(2.56):bd10/22/2013:svnLENOVO:pn343522U:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn343522U:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 343522U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Jan 8 07:07:01 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 728 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1409166/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
