Problems with secondary display & mouse cursor

[Jochen Barth]

since 2020-08-27 the secondary display (1600x1200) (attached via analog vga cable) of my Thinkpad-T60 model 2007-qpg (ATI Mobility Radeon X1400) does shows some pinkish content on the right fifth.

Unattaching the display, using the laptop display does work, but mouse cursor (see below) has the same problem.

Furthermore the mouse cursor is - instead of the usual arrow - a vertical dotted line of 16 pixel with approx. 4 pixel spacing. Changing mouse cursor layout in settings does not help.

Since this laptop always worked without any flaw, I assume a software bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:19.1.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Jul 28 08:36:09 2020
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] [1002:7145] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Thinkpad T60 model 2007 [17aa:2006]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-07-17 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
MachineType: LENOVO 2007QPG
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   3.3V
  32-bit
  PC Card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic root=UUID=8944279f-15bc-47d0-b491-dac6986cb6e8 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 79ETE5WW (2.25 )
dmi.board.name: 2007QPG
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr79ETE5WW(2.25):bd08/27/2009:svnLENOVO:pn2007QPG:pvrThinkPadT60:rvnLENOVO:rn2007QPG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T60
dmi.product.name: 2007QPG
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T60
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Jochen Barth (jpunktbarth)]

"some pinkish content on the right fifth." ... where the login screen should be displayed instead.

Updates done yesterday:

Start-Date: 2020-07-27 08:08:21
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.78'
Upgrade: libseccomp2:amd64 (2.4.3-1ubuntu3.20.04.2, 2.4.3-1ubuntu3.20.04.3), pyt
hon3-pil:amd64 (7.0.0-4build1, 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.1), language-pack-de:amd64 (1:20.0
4+20200416, 1:20.04+20200709), language-pack-de-base:amd64 (1:20.04+20200416, 1:
20.04+20200709), linux-firmware:amd64 (1.187.1, 1.187.2)
End-Date: 2020-07-27 08:09:50

Ok... no Xorg server update. Perhaps linux-firmware. Perhaps hardware.

[Jochen Barth (jpunktbarth)]

did install linux-firmware=1.187 (1.187.1 was not available):

Package: linux-firmware
Version: 1.187.2
State: installed (1.187), upgrade available (1.187.2)

Doesn't help.