Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
Connecting external monitor then opening dispay preferences causes lockup when desktop effects are enabled. Once frozen, hard restart was needed. Can replicate and workaround is to disable desktop effects before opening display preferences. I understand that intel GM45 graphics cards have a limit on total screen size (2048x2048 I think). To use screen sizes larger than the limit, compiz needs to be disabled. It looks like the crash is caused by the display manager trying to automatically configure and display this external monitor (creating total screen size over limit) without disabling compiz first. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Nov 15 10:43:15 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario V5000 (RD593PA#ABG) Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=77ce4864-8958-4920-b24a-774217ef7ffc ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: xorg Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.24 dmi.board.name: 30A8 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 56.48 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.24:bd09/07/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioV5000(RD593PA#ABG):pvrF.24:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30A8:rvr56.48:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Presario V5000 (RD593PA#ABG) dmi.product.version: F.24 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard fglrx: Not loaded system: distro: Ubuntu architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- [karmic] external monitor - display properties cause crash on intel GM45 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482814 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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