This bug was reported nearly 3 years ago and generated very little interest since then. Debian has replaced Ubuntu on said laptop and I'm therefore not in a good position to provide anymore information regarding this bug. Sorry. -- Nicolas Calderon Asselin
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 2:20 AM, Christopher M. Penalver <christopher.m.penal...@gmail.com> wrote: > elik, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Maverick > reached EOL on April 10, 2012. > See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > > Is this an issue on a supported release? If so, please execute the following > command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: > apport-collect 706386 > > Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes > button for attaching additional debugging information. > > ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > ** Tags removed: 855gm intel r51 thinkpad > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.25 > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/706386 > > Title: > Screen blanks on lid close, never unblank (reboot required) > > Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel > > I'm not sure the bug is with xserver-xorg-video-intel, but I'll > explain why it think it might be. > > I get this issue with the options Blank Screen for When laptop lid is > closed in AC power in Power-Managent and with Do Nothing and Blank > screen in Battery Power. Interestingly enough (I think, at least), if > suspend is chosen, the laptop suspends correctly and brings back the > screen correctly on resume. > > I tried alt-sys-req to reboot xserver and I tried going to a tty > (ctrl-alt-f1), but it never brought the screen back on. > > The machine is not crashed and I can ssh to the machine. I used that > to try a few interesting thing while the screen was blank. > > I found this thread (a bit old, but still): > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=358432. I tried to "vbetools > dpms on", but it didn't help. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/BlankScreen has an > interesting article on intel graphics which I followed. Even though it > mentioned was marked as a solution for machine lock-up (my machine > doesn't lock-up per se), I tried the ForcePipeA quirck > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Quirks#Force Pipe A Quirk), but when I did, > Xorg reported that the option did not exist. > > I had a whole bunch of errors in Xorg logs: (EE) FBDEV(0): > FBIOPUTCMAP: Invalid argument. I looked it up and found no bug reports > that pointed in the direction of the bug I'm having, so I decided to > let it be. > > Finally, on one bug report, I found someone talking about installing > the dbg version of the package, which I did. I played with > "intel_reg_dumper" a little bit, wrote a bash script that track > changes to the registers (probably not exactly the most effective > option, but meh). Basically, what I did is that I ran > "intel_reg_dumper" before and and after closing the lid (and causing > the bug). I found somehting, but I don't know what it means... > VGACNTRL would change from VGACNTRL: 0x22040000 (enabled) to VGACNTRL: > 0x80000000 (disabled). I couldn't find a tool to mess with that > directly and confirm if it's part of the problem. Most likely it's the > result of something not being done properly higher up the pipe... but > I only know that much about the inner workings of linux (very > limited). > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8 > Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > DRM.card0.LVDS.1: > status: connected > enabled: enabled > dpms: On > modes: 1024x768 > edid-base64: > DRM.card0.VGA.1: > status: disconnected > enabled: disabled > dpms: On > modes: > edid-base64: > Date: Sat Jan 22 14:17:00 2011 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) > Lsusb: > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > MachineType: IBM 2887W5H > PccardctlIdent: > Socket 0: > no product info available > PccardctlStatus: > Socket 0: > no card > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic > root=UUID=9e733a0c-b087-4f98-948b-0d11b228ba40 ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_CA.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel > dmi.bios.date: 11/15/2005 > dmi.bios.vendor: IBM > dmi.bios.version: 1VET67WW (1.25 ) > dmi.board.name: 2887W5H > dmi.board.vendor: IBM > dmi.board.version: Not Available > dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information > dmi.chassis.type: 10 > dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM > dmi.chassis.version: Not Available > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1VET67WW(1.25):bd11/15/2005:svnIBM:pn2887W5H:pvrThinkPadR51:rvnIBM:rn2887W5H:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: > dmi.product.name: 2887W5H > dmi.product.version: ThinkPad R51 > dmi.sys.vendor: IBM > glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory > system: > distro: Ubuntu > codename: maverick > architecture: i686 > kernel: 2.6.35-24-generic > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/706386/+subscriptions -- 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/706386 Title: Screen blanks on lid close, never unblank (reboot required) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/706386/+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
