Public bug reported: Using on trusty the kernel provided by linux-image-generic-lts-vivid (3.19.0) is affected by a bug on kernel's qxl drm driver.
When resizing the screen on a spice session, the screen gets resized only when growing the screen, not when shrinking. Bug on fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212201 Relevant Kernel commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bd3e1c7c6de9f5f70d97cdb6c817151c0477c5e3 Downgrading to linux-image-generic-lts-utopic (3.16.0) solved the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt5 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue Sep 15 13:19:13 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-27 (292 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723) SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: linux-meta-lts-vivid (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolution trusty ** Summary changed: - Bug with qxl drm driver allows screen on spice sessions only to be grown, but not shrinked + Bug with qxl drm driver allows screen resolution on spice sessions only to be grown, but not shrinked ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => linux-meta-lts-vivid (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1495985 Title: Bug with qxl drm driver allows screen resolution on spice sessions only to be grown, but not shrinked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta-lts-vivid/+bug/1495985/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
