Public bug reported:
I have a "Happy Hacking" keyboard with 'meta' keys on it. Pressing the
left meta key while running xev indicates that the key is mapped to
keysym Meta_L (0xffe7). When I hold down this key and press the 'p'
key, the display is wiped out. This appears to be some sort of broken
video mode switching command, since the first press causes both monitors
to go black, while subsequent presses seem to switch through various
states of the windows being black, display mirroring turned out,
reversed desktop assignments to monitors, etc. I have search through
the system settings and the compiz configuration to try to find a
shortcut that might be causing this, but have been unable to find it.
When I accidentally press this key combination (which is often), it
always ends up being the case that I will need to reboot my machine one
or more times and suffer compiz crashes before I can get things back
into a state where I can do useful work again.
In general, I would prefer to find a way to disable this broken feature
and get the events passed through to the program, since I am able to use
this key sequence in other versions of Ubuntu and have a very hard time
remembering not to press these keys when working on my desktop machine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-32.53~precise1-generic 3.5.7.11
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 310.14 Tue Oct 9 11:52:41
PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.4 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.4-1ubuntu1~12.04)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,grid,snap,move,resize,imgpng,place,mousepoll,gnomecompat,vpswitch,regex,wall,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,fade,expo,workarounds,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Mon Jun 10 14:14:25 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes,
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 285] [10de:05e3] (rev a1) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:1185]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20130213)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary,
Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release
updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_experimental_310 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver
(**experimental** beta) (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.5.0-32-generic
root=UUID=60c7c236-0e45-4657-9b7a-56ade787fbb2 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0504
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P6T DELUXE V2
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0504:bd05/19/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TDELUXEV2:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu0.0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 precise running-unity third-party-packages
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