[i945gm] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a blank screen with a mouse pointer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xf86-video-intel |
Fix Released
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High
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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High
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Alberto Milone | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-
I have a dual screen setup:
* Dell Latitude's D820 own screen (1680x1050)
* a LG secondary monitor (1280x1024)
To enable dual screen, I had to add
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 2960 1065
EndSubSection
in Section "Screen" of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (this was added automatically by the "Display" applet).
I just ran a dist-upgrade which brought a new kernel:
Linux lethe 2.6.30-7-generic #8-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 25 13:53:42 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
and a new xserver-
gringo@lethe:~$ apt-cache policy xserver-
xserver-
I rebooted the system, and after the system started I was left with a blank background and a working mouse pointer (by working I mean I can move it around and between the screens).
I Alt+Ctlr+F2'd and tried a few times to restart gdm but found the same result.
I removed the Subsection I mentioned above from xorg.conf and restarted gdm again. This time the menu and task-bar have loaded, but the screens are mirrored.
I proceeded to setting them as separate screens in the "Display" applet (from System-
I mention that I do not have Desktop Effects enabled as they are not supported in combination with the "Virtual" line in xorg.conf for my card: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 3 23:21:33 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D820
Package: xserver-
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu20
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4.1-1ubuntu1
libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1
xserver-
xserver-
SourcePackage: xserver-
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-7-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 10/13/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: 0GF470
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Latitude D820
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
fglrx-loaded: Error: command ['grep', 'fglrx', '/var/log/
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.30-7-generic
summary: |
- dual screen not working: just a blank screen with a mouse pointer + [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a + blank screen with a mouse pointer |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
tags: | added: dual-head |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
status: | Invalid → Unknown |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
status: | Fix Released → Unknown |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
tags: | added: 945gm |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | added: karmic |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
tags: | added: resolution |
tags: | added: black-screen |
tags: | added: mouse-pointer |
summary: |
- [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a - blank screen with a mouse pointer + [i945] [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: + just a blank screen with a mouse pointer |
summary: |
- [i945] [i945GM] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: - just a blank screen with a mouse pointer + [i945gm] dual screen not working with virtual resolution enabled: just a + blank screen with a mouse pointer |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
importance: | High → Unknown |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
Created an attachment (id=26414) xorg-video- intel
Xorg.0.log without virtual resolution on git HEAD verion of xserver-