[iBall Aer3] Display is in upside-down state by default in kernel 5.0.0 (but works with kernel 4.18)

[DIPIN P JOSEPH]

The default state of display is upside-down. I'm observing this issue in latest kernels(>4.19).

Command "xrandr -o normal" make things normal, but rotating display welcomes unexpected behavior.

Please Check, Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-14.15-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 22 17:13:37 2019
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: disco
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:5a84] (rev 0b) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2212]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-22 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:3841 Alcor Micro Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: iBall Aer3
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=6c1f9ed6-db22-4758-9fc4-7ad00307a239 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: YZ-BI-13.3-S133AR110-A55H-040-G
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: Aer3
dmi.board.vendor: iBall
dmi.board.version: Default string
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrYZ-BI-13.3-S133AR110-A55H-040-G:bd07/26/2017:svniBall:pnAer3:pvrDefaultstring:rvniBall:rnAer3:rvrDefaultstring:cvnDefaultstring:ct9:cvrDefaultstring:
dmi.product.family: Default string
dmi.product.name: Aer3
dmi.product.sku: Default string
dmi.product.version: Default string
dmi.sys.vendor: iBall
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.97-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.0.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.4-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.0.1-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20180925-2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Are you able to identify the last known kernel version where the problem did NOT occur?

https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D

[DIPIN P JOSEPH (dipinpjoseph)]

Display was working fine in Ubuntu 18.04(LTS), Kernel - v4.15.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

OK, that's a different OS release though.

Please try installing some older kernels (like 4.15) from

  https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D

and tell us if you are able to avoid the bug with them.

[DIPIN P JOSEPH (dipinpjoseph)]

I have installed and boot into kernel v4.18 and the issue is not present.

uname -a
Linux DPJ-Aer3 4.18.0-041800-generic #201808122131 SMP Sun Aug 12 21:33:20 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

One observation - auto rotate feature isn't working in v4.18, but worked on v5.0

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