I've been doing some more testing on the Dell D420 referred to in #14.
If I boot with the 2nd monitor connected, the system starts with the displayed
mirrored.
I can then use system / preferences / display to make the displays different.
If I unplug the monitor, I can use system / preferences /
I'm seeing similar symptoms with a clean Karmic install on a Dell
Latitude D420. Connect up a second screen, go to
system/preferences/display and the display hangs with a black screen.
The graphics controller is as follows;
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,
I've removed both UXA and virtual from Xorg.conf and I'm seeing if the problems
re-occur. So far they haven't but I'll need to give it more time to be
confident.
Also https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385830 hasn't re-occurred either (logout
on resume from suspend).
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[i945GM] screen goes
Ctrl+Alt+F1 does indeed add a drmDropMaster line each time I switch to a
VT.
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log showing switch to VT and return
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27769425/Xorg.0.log
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[i945GM] screen goes black about once per day after upgrading to latest intel
drivers
The black screen just happened again.
Ctrl+Alt+F1 / Ctrl+Alt+F7 works to repeatedly switch between the VT and the
black screen.
The drmDropMaster line is added each time.
Attached is a copy of Xorg.log.0 taken after a Ctrl+Alt+F1.
It turns out that suspend / resume clears the problem until the
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
I was advised to upgrade to version 2.7.1 of the intel drivers from
x-updates in order to get dual-screen to work (see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-
intel/+bug/379805). Since then, about once per
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27638166/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: LsHal.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27638167/LsHal.txt
** Attachment added: LsMod.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27638168/LsMod.txt
** Attachment added: LsPci.txt
** Attachment added: The last 200 lines of syslog after the screen goes black
before reboot
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27638201/syslog
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screen goes black about once per day after upgrading to latest intel drivers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384730
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** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log - after the screen went black before reboot
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27638215/Xorg.0.log
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screen goes black about once per day after upgrading to latest intel drivers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384730
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Sorry for the delay in replying - work's been rather busy.
Switching to UXA solves this problem. The white screen is gone! Dual
screen behaves as expected.
Unfortunately somewhere in the set of updates which got installed
something else broke. About once per day, the entire screen just goes
Where should I find a suitable version of xorg-xserver-video-intel-dbg?
As far as I can see, it's not in regular jaunty, jaunty-proposed or the x-swat
PPA.
The laptop is a Dell Latitude D420.
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[i945gm] virtual 2048 in xorg.conf causes blank white screen on login
I've managed to resolve the partially installed package problem. As part
of this, I've ended up running the kernel from jaunty-proposed.
Version 2.7.1 shows the same problem - a white screen after login. I've
checked both with and without an external screen connected.
I've attached the
** Attachment added: Xorg.0.log - not working
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27168442/Xorg.0.log.old
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[i945gm] virtual 2048 in xorg.conf causes blank white screen on login
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379805
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Bugs,
1. Is it the external monitor, the laptop monitor or both that go white?
The LCD screen on the laptop.
2. With which desktop environment does this happen? (kde, gnome, xfce, etc...)
Does it happen with other desktop environment as well?
Gnome. I don't have any others installed.
3. Does the
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27093431/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: LsHal.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27093432/LsHal.txt
** Attachment added: LsMod.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27093433/LsMod.txt
** Attachment added: LsPci.txt
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
I'm trying to configure the secondary output on this laptop for use with
projectors (etc).
When I go through system / preferences / display, it tells me that the virtual
keyword needs adding to my xorg.conf file and does it
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