[i945] Intel Mobile 945GME // system freeze connecting a second monitor

[Andreas Riedel]

Binary package hint: yelp

I'm using a Samsung N130 with following graphic chipset
>lspci
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)

Try to connect a second monitor/device, the system totally freeze, can't do any thing. It is reproducable:
Connecting the second device, open an terminal and run xrandr
>xrandt[enter]
The system will imidiatly be freeze. What you can see, is that both devices are black and the mouse cursor going to second device while hourglass remain in device one.

When I restart the system, and the second device is connected while booting the system, the second device run in clone mode and the highest resolution is 640x480.

HTH
Andreas

Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 5 21:04:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

not a yelp issue.

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in xserver-xorg-video-intel.

[Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr)]

This could be the same problem as bug 500999. Could you run `apport-collect 517766` on your computer in order to gather some relevant logs from your system and upload them here?

[Andreas Riedel (riedelandreas)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. N130
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=77bbef10-a196-45d5-b821-c0479f1ef9f9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 09/01/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
dmi.bios.version: 02CM.M004.20090901.CYH
dmi.board.name: N130
dmi.board.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLtd.:bvr02CM.M004.20090901.CYH:bd09/01/2009:svnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:pnN130:pvrNotApplicable:rvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:rnN130:rvrNotApplicable:cvnSAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO.,LTD.:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: N130
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-17-generic

[Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10)]

This issue was reported against karmic, so can you confirm if this issue exists with the most recent Lucid Lynx 10.04 Alpha release? ISO CD images are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/ . Thanks in advance.

[Andreas Riedel (riedelandreas)]

If have tested this with the live CD.
All done well.

Can you tell me, whether or not this fix will be availlable in Ubu 9.10 or what's to do without update the howl system to an apha state.

TIA
Andreas

[Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10)]

@Andreas: At the moment I don't know, but upgrading to Lucid will be a good idea :) if this isn't a major/critical problem, then you can wait until the actual release and then upgrade. Will get back to you with more information.