[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-04-16 Thread Lee Willis
Some good news - I've now been running for 3 days solid with the xinput's disabled and have had absolutely NO resolution switches. So - where does this leave this bug - does that narrow down the actual issue? Is there something else I can do to generate further diagnostic information? -- You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-04-16 Thread Goran Obal
Lee Willis - that's very nice to hear! Yeah, it would be interesting to know the actual issue, so I would also like the developers to further investigate it. If it were purely hardware error, the switching would occur in Windows (7 in my test case) too, but it doesn't. However, I am very glad

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-04-13 Thread Lee Willis
Hi Goran, Sorry for the delay replying. I've had a couple of chances to test and I too haven't seen any display switches with those inputs disabled. I will say though that I've only had chance to perform short tests (A couple of hours), so not sure it's conclusive, but certainly positive -

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-04-09 Thread Goran Obal
Lee Willis, have you had time to test if disabling Video Bus (2×) and Dell WMI hotkeys with xinput disable is working for you? I haven't had a single incident for a whole week since I use that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-04-02 Thread Goran Obal
Lee Willis, could you please try my possible workaround https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1293425 and report if you find the same results? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-26 Thread Lee Willis
$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date A12 02/18/2014 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907381 Title: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-22 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Lee Willis, could you please post the results of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-21 Thread Lee Willis
Confirmed - no change in the problem after updating to the latest BIOS - resolution switches still occur. ** Tags removed: bios-outdated-a12 ** Tags added: latest-bios-a12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-19 Thread Goran Obal
It just happened on 14.04 - my internal laptop monitor got disabled and now I am writing with only external monitor enabled... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907381 Title:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-18 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: latest-bios-a11 ** Tags added: bios-outdated-a12 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907381 Title: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-18 Thread Goran Obal
Lee Willis, I was having the very same issue with fglrx - corrupted display, barely usabe, clicking didn't work, even after barely possible to target what you wanted to click, etc. However, I came to this fix that works - run Terminal with keyboard CTRL+ALT+T and do sudo su and then xrandr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-17 Thread Goran Obal
OK, I've installed ubuntu 13.04 since that's the version that ZorinOS 7 is built on (raring) and I ran the command ubuntu-bug xorg. I've subscribed you, Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch) to that bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1293425 -- You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-17 Thread Lee Willis
Hi Christoper, I've tried the following options from the page you linked to: * fglrx-installer from the repository (Login screen fine, but logging in produces a black page with only white cursor showing) * fglrx-installer-updates (Login screen fine, but logging in produces a black page

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 907381] Re: [Dell Vostro 3550] Display resolution keeps switching with external monitor connected

2014-03-15 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Lee Willis, if you test the fglrx drivers, does this change anything following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/AMD ? ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is