screen rotates randonly

[taeler]

i've had this issue several times and twice during a new installation. it will happen randomly but mostly a few mins in to a boot up after being logged in, the screen will turn black for a moment and when it comes back the screen that is being displayed will be displaying 90 degrees rotated counterclockwise. the only way i can get it to go back is to restart the system, and after several times i found a auto rotate lock option but i don't know why my laptop would be thinking it's being rotated while sitting level on a table?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-38.41-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 27 03:03:29 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.2.10, 4.15.0-38-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7620G] [1002:9907] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Trinity [Radeon HD 7620G] [103c:808d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-38-generic root=UUID=45d6254a-e97a-4d45-b9a9-37afad8da3df ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/19/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F.43
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 808D
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 90.41
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF.43:bd08/19/2015:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPavilion17NotebookPC:pvr096C120800405F00000620180:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn808D:rvr90.41:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 096C120800405F00000620180
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1726160, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.