[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2011-02-04 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 Title: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2010-12-14 Thread Emil Pavlov
This bug persists in Natty. I havenĀ“t been able to test the proposed workarounds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 Title: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-07-23 Thread Andy Whitcroft
This has been fixed by the commit below which was included in v2.6.31-rc1. This formed the base of the 2.6.31-1.13 ubuntu kernel. Therefore I am marking this Fix Released for karmic. commit 35a7c64fbc77bab4ca8ae477e8ab278ccd679ce2 Author: Zhang Rui rui.zh...@intel.com Date: Mon Jun 22

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-24 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Incomplete = Fix Released -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-16 Thread Ben James
After a quick search of BugZilla it seems that this is a known issue (bug 12904) and there is a work-around - add the following to the boot command line: acpi_osi=!Windows 2006 I've added a link to this page on the BugZilla bug. Thanks one and all for the support on this so far - hopefully

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-16 Thread Leann Ogasawara
** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #12904 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12904 ** Changed in: linux Importance: Undecided = Unknown ** Changed in: linux Status: New = Unknown ** Changed in: linux Remote watch: None = Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #12904 --

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-16 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: linux Status: Unknown = Incomplete -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-10 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Ben, thanks for testing and the feedback. Would you be willing to also open an upstream bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org since you've been able to reproduce the issue on an upstream kernel? If you could post the link to the upstream report here for others to also track that would be great.

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-08 Thread Leann Ogasawara
Hi Guys, Would you be willing to test the latest mainline kernel build, 2.6.30-rc8 as of this posting. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds We'll want to open an upstream bug report to make sure the upstream developers are aware if this does exist upstream. Otherwise we'll want to

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-06-08 Thread Ben James
Just tried the new kernel (2.6.30-rc8 amd64) and the symptoms are exactly the same. It would seem that this bug is probably a mainline issue. -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-05-17 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Tags added: xorg-needs-kernel-fix ** Tags removed: xorg -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-05-06 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
** Tags added: dual-head ** Tags removed: external -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-05-06 Thread Ben James
I can confirm that this behaviour is still seen on the latest LiveCD release - Jaunty 9.04. -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-02-09 Thread Ben James
I've tried with the Vesa driver and I get exactly the same behaviour - this is almost certainly a kernel bug. Note: I've opened a new bug with a link back to this one. The new bug is filed against the kernel, but has, so far, had no response. -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-02-09 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Closing this bug for xserver-xorg-video-intel, since this the computer hangs even if the Xserver is not running. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

Re: [Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-02-09 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
It wasn't really necessary to file a new bug (bug 325477) for the kernel. A bug can be filed for many packages, and I had already filed this bug for the kernel (at the top of the bug page you can see that this bug affects linux (Ubuntu) and xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu). Sometimes it can be

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-28 Thread Bryce Harrington
This sort of sounds like another GM45 lockup error that was recently fixed: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17292 Please test with latest updates to Jaunty and see if the bug still exists. -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-28 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-28 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Is 17292 the right freedesktop bug? The freeze is mentioned in comments following #203, but there seems to be no freedesktop bug filed for this issue yet. And he already tested with daily-live as of Jan 24, which contains xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.6.1-1ubuntu1. I can't see any updates to the

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-28 Thread Ben James
I've just tried the previous remaining suggestion (plugging in the VGA cable and attempting to PING over ethernet) to no avail - all packets are lost, so there is a definite lock-up here. I'll try and replicate the freeze without X running... -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-28 Thread Ben James
I still get the same freeze with X not running, here are some details: Ctrl+Alt+F1 sudo killall gdm - Plug in VGA cable -- Cursor continues to flash, but no input is registered - no response from Ctrl+Alt+F1/F2/F3/Backspace, power button (unless held down for 5 seconds), etc. How do I

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-28 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
From the comments in the freedesktop bug (#205) it seems that it is really a hardware bug in the Sony Vaio computers. It may be possible to work around it, but I'm not sure in which package. It could be ACPI, which may also explain the battery behaviour. To use the VESA driver, add the line

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Ben James
Attached is an edited kernel log; I checked the time before plugging in the external monitor (Jan 25 09:37:03) - everything before that time has been removed, so hopefully the log makes more sense now. I'll give the LiveCD a go and see if the latest alpha, however it might take me a while to

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Ben James
...I've just tried the LiveCD from the second link you posted (jaunty- desktop-amd64.iso - daily image); it suffers from the same symptoms as Intrepid Ibex. I've noticed that the status for this bug is Incomplete - is there any additional info I can provide? -- [iGM45] Connecting external

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Okay, so since there are no messages around 09:37:03 and the first messages at 09:38:27 looks like a typical boot, plugging in the monitor doesn't show anything in kern.log. This means that I'm still not sure if this is a kernel bug or not. Do you have the possibility to perform the last test I

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Ben James
Unfortunately I don't currently have another PC that can SSH into the laptop, however I've tried pinging it and it does not respond once the VGA cable is attached - it seems more and more like a kernel bug to me. -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
I agree, it's looking more and more like a kernel bug. I have added the package linux to this bug report. For kernel bugs there is a whole new list of required information (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies). At least you will need to upload the output of `uname -a`, `cat

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
I just came over bug 213191 which has a similar issue (though this was on switching to external, not on connecting). I haven't read it in detail yet (and I have no more time today), but in that case it looks like it is still a driver bug, even though CapsLock and network does not respond. --

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-25 Thread Ben James
Also I'm impressed that you could ping your computer without having another computer available - how did you do that? A friend with a Windows laptop was using the network - he didn't want to install an SSH client (work laptop), but could ping from the command line as that functionality is

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-24 Thread Ben James
After a lock-up caps lock does nothing (no response from LED). Connecting the monitor while in console mode shows no output - no response from keyboard, no stack dump, no panic. I've attached the kernel logs. ** Attachment added: Kernel log after reboot.

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-24 Thread Ben James
** Attachment added: Kernel log after reboot. http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21598272/kern.log.0 -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-24 Thread Ben James
One thing to note is that I've installed the following automatic update: xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10.3). Even with this update, the problem persists. -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/319717 You received this bug

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-24 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
Did you check the time when you plugged in the monitor? We would only be interested in those lines in /var/log/kern.log that appear at the time you plug in your monitor (if any). If you type `date` on the command line just before you plug it in, you can see next time you boot if there are any

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-23 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel -- Summary: When attaching an external monitor via VGA port my system locks up - there is no response to

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-22 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
** Summary changed: - Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. + [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up. ** Tags added: external gm45 intel xorg ** Tags removed: needs-lspci-vvnn -- [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

[Bug 319717] Re: [iGM45] Connecting external monitor causes system to lock up.

2009-01-22 Thread Geir Ove Myhr
This smells a bit like a bug in the kernel, an X-driver bug shouldn't be able to freeze the system completely. There are a few tests you can do to find out this, and we would be interested in the result of all of them. - When the system freezes, does CapsLock still turn on and off the keyboard