** Description changed: + Every time I boot, while I'm trying to enter my password in the initial + login screen (from Unity?), a dialog box pops up saying "The selected + configuration for displays could not be applied. could not set the + configuration for CRTC 65". + + The dialog box also steals the keyboard focus, which is very confusing + if for some reason you're entering the password on an external display + while the normally unused laptop display is not visible. For example, + three times in a row this morning I rebooted and tried unsuccessfully to + log in. Since the dialog box is only displayed on the laptop display, + which I never use when external monitors are available, I had no idea + why my keyboard seemed broken. + + Background: + My Lenovo Thinkpad X230 Tablet laptop has a VGA and a DVI connector. I - had the VGA hooked up to a Viewsonic 1920x1080 monitor, positioned above - the laptop display. From Settings I tried to add a Samsung monitor to - the right of the Viewsonic, via a DVI-to-HDMI passive connector, and got - this dialog box when I hit "Apply": + have the VGA hooked up to a Viewsonic 1920x1080 monitor, positioned + above the laptop display. I have a Samsung monitor to the right of the + Viewsonic. Since my laptop seems to only support two displays (which + also seems true in Windows), I normally disable and totally ignore my + laptop display, and may have papers propped up in front of it etc. + + Note that when I initially configured the third display I saw the + following highly confusing behavior. From Settings I tried to add a + Samsung monitor to the right of the Viewsonic, via a DVI-to-HDMI passive + connector, and got this dialog box when I hit "Apply": The selected configuration for displays could not be applied could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 I clicked "OK" and got another dialog box: Failed to apply configuration: %s Can't add monitor: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._gnome_2drr_2derror_2dquark.Code2: could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 It works if I disable my laptop monitor, so it looks like the problem is - with adding a third display. + with adding a third display. I would think it would be a pretty common + use case to use two nice external displays and disable the laptop + display. + + Even when the hardware can't handle a third display, the error messages + should not be so confusing, and the login process shouldn't result in + the keyboard being mysteriously stolen by a dialog box on a display + which may never be visible. This is on Trusty 64-bit, up-to-date with upgrades. This bug seems similar to bug 1304627, but it seemed cleanest to get all the right information reported via ubuntu-bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Jan 9 15:35:57 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:2203] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-01 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) MachineType: LENOVO 343522U ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-43-generic root=UUID=6dce26c4-3d5b-4980-880e-06f249f77c57 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET96WW (2.56 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 343522U dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET96WW(2.56):bd10/22/2013:svnLENOVO:pn343522U:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn343522U:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 343522U dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Jan 8 07:07:01 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 728 vendor LGD xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.6
** Summary changed: - Can't add third monitor: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._gnome_2drr_2derror_2dquark.Code2: could not set the configuration for CRTC 65 + Popup dialog "could not set the configuration for CRTC 65" steals keyboard, hinders login in 3-monitor configuration -- 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/1409166 Title: Popup dialog "could not set the configuration for CRTC 65" steals keyboard, hinders login in 3-monitor configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1409166/+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
