gnome-display-properties/xrandr crashes X server when loading after pluging an external display
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-control-
release: ubuntu 9.10
package: gnome-control-
related information:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
xserver-xorg: 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
xserver-
libxrandr2: 2:1.3.0-2
How to reproduce the bug:
start your computer (laptop) without any external display plugged in.
Let your Gnome session starts.
plug the VGA cable in.
launch gnome-display-
What's happening:
X crashes (freeze).
relevant Xorg.0.log entries: (at the end of the file)
""
(II) intel(0): Allocate new frame buffer 2704x1050 stride 4096
""
What strikes me is that the intel driver is told to allocate a 2704*1050 FB whereas specs available at
http://
What's expected:
Well, the gnome-display-
More information:
-Starting X with the external display already plugged in works, ie: I can launch gnome-display-
-if you reproduce the bug process and change the call to gnome-display-
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 23 20:22:07 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
Package: gnome-control-
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: gnome-control-
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
tags: | added: crash |
xserver crashing is an xserver issue whatever the software do it should not crash