[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Thanks for all the help Christopher, but I think that I will just upgrade to Vivid as soon as I can, as it is only a few weeks away, so no backport needed and it can be closed as invalid. Thanks again for the help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Pablo180, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/comments/9 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Pablo180, would you need a backport to a release prior to Vivid, or may this be closed as Status Invalid? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
I've installed that image to another partition and played around with it and the problem seems to not be present on that installation. I certainly couldn't trigger the problem. I guess the question is now, how do I get that stability in my 14.10 install? Is there a package I can update in 14.10 to a newer version of something? Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Sorry it took so long but I had to reinstall due to an unrelated problem. The reinstall didn't make any difference to this problem though. I also tested Windows 8 with dual screens, just to rule out the monitor(s) and it worked fine in Windows 8. I tried the daily image on a Live USB and that worked fine too, no problem at all even when opening and running programs that always seemed to cause this problem, i.e. System Settings, Totem Video Player et al. Dual monitors worked flawlessly. I will try and free up some disk space and install the live image onto a disk and test it that way too just to be sure. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Thanks for the response. I updated my BIOS shortly after posting this bug report, but it made no difference whatsoever everything was still as it was before. The output to that command is: A16 12/17/2013 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Pablo180, could you please test for this via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com /daily-live/current/ and advise to the results? ** Tags removed: bios-outdated-a16 ** Tags added: latest-bios-a16 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Low = Medium ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Pablo180, as per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product- support/product/xps-14-l421x/drivers an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A16). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New. Thank you for your understanding. ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a16 ** 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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1324113] Re: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324113 Title: Screen goes black or flashes with Dual Monitors when certain apps are opened. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1324113/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
