Ubuntu
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Displayport screen goes back and forth in to Power save mode

Bug #1526200 reported by Mikael Svensson on 2015-12-15

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xorg (Ubuntu)	Expired	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have 3 screens including the laptop screen. The one connected to the displayport is going in to power save mode and back in random intervalls. The other screens don't care if the displayport one is going back and forth to power save mode like it does when you unplug the displayport cable.

This started last week. I run the software updater last week.

I have seen old workarounds that say you should press ctr + alt + F6 but it does not fix the problem.

Turning of the hdmi screen in displays does not fix the problem.

Unplugging hdmi screen does not fix the problem

Unplugging and Plugin the displayport does not fix the problem.

The short time the displayport screen is on it flickers and there is some static noise in a few pixels.

I will attach more information if you request it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-55.74~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt19
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-55-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
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: Tue Dec 15 09:04:01 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:060d]
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:060d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-06 (434 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell Precision M3800
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.16.0-55-generic root=UUID=8528ac8e-4979-489a-8e14-6e430ed0c83b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/08/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: Dell Precision M3800
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A09
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd01/08/2015:svnDellInc.:pnDellPrecisionM3800:pvrA09:rvnDellInc.:rnDellPrecisionM3800:rvrA09:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.name: Dell Precision M3800
dmi.product.version: A09
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
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 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Tue Dec 15 08:41:34 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
NOUVEAU(G0): [XvMC] Failed to initialize extension.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
product id 41055
vendor DEL
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

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