Ubuntu

display settings randomly reset

Bug #1671522 reported by teo1978 on 2017-03-09

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Ubuntu	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I usually connect an external monitor to my laptop. I had it set up (System Settings->Displays) so that the laptop's built-in monitor is turned off, and the external monitor is the only active one (of course, when I unplug the external monitor, the builtin one turns on automatically, and it turns off when I plug in the external monitor again). I have been using this configuration for ages and it usually gets remembered across boots, as expected.

Today I booted and the two monitors were both turned on, acting as an extended desktop. Unplugging and plugging the monitor again did not fix the issue. I had to manually edit the settings to put them as they were before.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-64.85-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-64-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.101 Thu Dec 1 15:52:31 PST 2016
GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
[[0;32m OK [0m] Started LSB: Speech Dispatcher.
[[0;32m OK [0m] Started LSB: Set the CPU Frequency Scaling governor to "ondemand".
[[0;32m OK [0m] Started LSB: daemon to balance interrupts for SMP systems.
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: Thu Mar 9 16:24:03 2017
DistUpgraded: 2016-12-11 22:45:13,519 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process "./xorg_fix_proprietary.py" (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DpkgLog:

ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [1025:0647]
NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] [10de:1140] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GeForce 710M [1025:0691]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (1244 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-64-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-12-11 (87 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V2.07
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: VA50_HC_CR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V2.07
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.07:bd10/15/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-571G:pvrV2.07:rvnAcer:rnVA50_HC_CR:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.07:
dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G
dmi.product.version: V2.07
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1~ubuntu16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Mar 9 16:21:28 2017
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:
NVIDIA(0): Failed to initiate mode change.
NVIDIA(0): Failed to complete mode change
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2

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teo1978 (teo8976) wrote on 2017-03-09:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (412 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (74.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (557 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (25.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLogOld.txt Edit (17.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (6.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (12.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (826 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (6.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NvidiaBugReportLog.txt Edit (760 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (7.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (325 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (189.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (587 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (598 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (41.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (179.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (12.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
make.log.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (26.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (56.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xserver.devices.txt Edit (716 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xserver.outputs.txt Edit (384 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote on 2021-12-14:

Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-life on April 29, 2021.
Reporter's account suspended by Launchpad admins.
Closing as no further information can be asked of reporter.