[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 Several other testers have found that drm-intel-next-proposed solves it. There is a similar bug against sandybridge (#761065) which was isolated down to 4 kernel patches recently, provided in this test

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-26 Thread Bryce Harrington
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 745112 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112 (Hmm, actually 737891 is a bit of a mess; I'll dupe to a more appropriate one.) ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 745112 [arrandale] desktop is messed up (goes black) when laptop is docked

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-24 Thread bugbot
** Tags added: black-screen -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-21 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-20 Thread Bryce Harrington
Here is another thing to test. This is a package of the current Intel drm experimental kernel tree: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/drm-intel-next-proposed/ Please test the patched X driver in the previous comment first, then if that doesn't do it, revert back to stock -intel

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 07:18:37PM -, Bryce Harrington wrote: Looking at the dupes, it appears apport is noticing the gpu lockup that occurred with the original bug report and duping gpu lockups with the same signature. So, quite potentially there were two separate bugs going on: a)

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Jeremy Foshee
** Tags added: kernel-key ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Andy Whitcroft
I have seen issues with Unity when the overall width of the combined screens exceeds the underlying hardware texture limit. Could you post the output of the (non-destructive) command below please (which would need running in a terminal window): glxinfo -l | grep GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE Thanks.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
The internal laptop display is 1440x900 and the external monitor is 1920x1200 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
** Attachment added: intel_regs_before.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/747205/+attachment/2068099/+files/intel_regs_before.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
** Attachment added: intel_regs_after.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/747205/+attachment/2068131/+files/intel_regs_after.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE = 4096 ** Attachment added: glxinfo output https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/747205/+attachment/2068095/+files/glxinfo.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
** Attachment added: xrandr with the external monitor connected https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/747205/+attachment/2068096/+files/xrandr.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
--- intel_regs_before.txt 2011-04-19 16:35:21.0 +0100 +++ intel_regs_after.txt2011-04-19 16:36:05.0 +0100 @@ -11,27 +11,27 @@ DISPLAY_PORT_PLL_BIO: 0x DISPLAY_PORT_PLL_BIO: 0x FDI_PLL_FREQ_CTL: 0x00053687 - PIPEACONF: 0xc054

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
By running xrandr --auto when it's in the broken state, I can get the backlight to turn back on, and a mouse cursor appears, but no windows are drawn. Something similar happens when I suspend and resume, but the mouse cursor appears over a text console background. I'm still able to type into my

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
I'm able to get the internal display back to normal by restarting the X server from a text console. At all points I've checked (before connecting external display, after connecting external display, after switching to text console, after restarting X) the i915_error_state sysfs file reads no

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Here's what i915_gem_seqno is doing (there are two, in dri/0 and dri/64): --- i915_gem_seqno.txt.old 2011-04-19 17:07:54.0 +0100 +++ i915_gem_seqno.txt 2011-04-19 17:08:10.0 +0100 @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ -Current sequence (render ring): 187113 +Current sequence (render ring):

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
As an experiment, we tried creating a new user and logging in with Unity, and the problem vanished! It drives the external monitor just fine. If I then switch over to Jane's account, it exhibits the same problem. But then I can switch back to my account, and it works again! -- You received

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Alberto's advice on IRC, I tried moving ~/.config/monitors.xml out of the way, and that has resolved the problem. I'm attaching a copy of the old monitors.xml here ** Attachment added: monitors.xml

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
After moving monitors.xml out of the way, Jane went into the monitor preferences and put things back the way they were (with the laptop display switched off), the problem reoccurred. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Copying in the old monitors.xml reliably reproduces the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Description changed: Steps: 1. Connect an external monitor to the VGA port Result: The screen turns black, and there is no mouse pointer, etc... however, x is still running. Steps: 1. unplug the external montior 2. reboot Result: The desktop loads normally

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Bryce Harrington
mdz thinks this is the monitors.xml that corresponds to the test done in comment #59. ** Attachment added: monitors.xml.new https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/747205/+attachment/2068568/+files/monitors.xml.new -- You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 09:45:42AM -, Andy Whitcroft wrote: I have seen issues with Unity when the overall width of the combined screens exceeds the underlying hardware texture limit. Could you post the output of the (non-destructive) command below please (which would need running in a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-19 Thread Bryce Harrington
Here's a patched X driver with DPMS forcing code that might work around the kernel bug. YMMV. I'm having a few other folks on the similar arrandale bugs test this as well. https://launchpad.net/~bryce/+archive/elderberry You can also try to manually flip dpms on via this command: xset dpms

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-18 Thread Bryce Harrington
I'm going to bump this back from libdrm to -intel; given the libdrm patch seems to not solve it, there's not a particular reason to think the bug is in libdrm. If nothing else, the bug report will be easier to find if it's with the other -intel reports. ** Package changed: libdrm (Ubuntu) =

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-18 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 08:05:47PM -, Timothy Kross wrote: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/759258 was marked as a duplicate, so it's seemingly the same bug. I didn't plug in an external monitor though, and I didn't get a a black screen, my got a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-18 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-18 Thread Bryce Harrington
I've reviewed the aforementioned bug reports. It is striking they have such similar symptoms and are mostly Arrandale/x86_64 specific, but there are subtle differences in symptoms so I'm unsure they're all duplicates. There are a variety of Arrandale (aka Ironlake) kernel patches proposed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-14 Thread Timothy Kross
Oops. I seem to have submitted the same comment twice. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libdrm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-13 Thread Timo Aaltonen
Jeb: those are identical, but I sent one for upstream anyway.. thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libdrm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-13 Thread Timothy Kross
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/759258 was marked as a duplicate, so it's seemingly the same bug. I didn't plug in an external monitor though, and I didn't get a a black screen, my got a while overlay for a few seconds, then it got back to normal and apport

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-13 Thread Timothy Kross
mine got a white overlay* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libdrm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
I don't see anything of interest in the updated CurrentDmesg.txt or XorgLog.txt, but hopefully I'm wrong. :-) ** Summary changed: - [arrandale] Black screen on boot, associated with GPU lockup (ESR: 0x0001 IPEHR: 0x7a005502) + [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Timo Aaltonen
hmm right.. they don't show much of interest :/ Is there a difference if the monitor is plugged in _after_ the desktop has loaded, will it again break once the system tries to use the screen? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:45:17AM -, Timo Aaltonen wrote: hmm right.. they don't show much of interest :/ Is there a difference if the monitor is plugged in _after_ the desktop has loaded, will it again break once the system tries to use the screen? What happens is: 1. Using the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Jane Silber
I'm not sure if I understand your question, but I think the answer is no. Specifically, I don't notice a difference in behaviour that is dependent on when the monitor is plugged in. I get the same black screen result if I (a) plug the monitor in before logging in (i.e., it goes black after I

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:23:40PM -, Jane Silber wrote: I'm not sure if I understand your question, but I think the answer is no. Specifically, I don't notice a difference in behaviour that is dependent on when the monitor is plugged in. I get the same black screen result if I (a) plug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Jeb Walton
A quick update of my experience - When booting with an external monitor connected to my laptop, I get to the gdm login and successfully enter my password. Once the login event starts occuring, the laptop monitor goes black and the external monitor randomly and quickly flashes colors. I can switch

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Jane Silber
I tried mdz's suggestion from comment #31. After ctrl+alt+f7, the screen switched to what looked like a different text console and I saw a dozen or so status messages, the last two of which were Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron and Starting CUPS printing spooler/server. xrandr.txt attached. **

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Timo asked on IRC for: intel_reg_dumper output before the problem occurs (sudo intel_reg_dumper intel-regs-before.txt) intel_reg_dumper output after the problem occurs (sudo intel_reg_dumper intel-regs-after.txt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Changed in: libdrm (Ubuntu) Assignee: Bryce Harrington (bryce) = Canonical X.org (canonical-x) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libdrm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747205 Title: [arrandale] Black screen on

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Bryce Harrington
Since the bug is now open on libdrm, only the libdrm hook was run, whereas the xserver-xorg-video-intel one was run originally. This means you don't have the same logs, but hopefully this is what you wanted. libdrm and -intel share the same apport hook (symlinks) so should be good, thanks. --

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Jeb Walton
Per Matt's request in comment #34 I have attached the before and after outputs from intel_reg_dumper. The process I followed: Boot system to login prompt ctrl+alt+1 to prompt, login, execute 'sudo intel_reg_dumper intel-regs-before.txt' and exit ctrl+alt+7 to login prompt login, laptop screen

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Jeb Walton
and here is the after file... ** Attachment added: After https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/747205/+attachment/2027194/+files/intel-regs-after.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libdrm in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747205] Re: [arrandale] Black screen on all outputs when external VGA is connected

2011-04-12 Thread Timothy Kross
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video- intel/+bug/759258 was marked as a duplicate, so it's seemingly the same bug. I didn't plug in an external monitor though, and I didn't get a a black screen, my got a while overlay for a few seconds, then it got back to normal and apport