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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

Fn+switch screen key (F8) doesn't work on DELL e4300

Bug #627401 reported by Emmanuel Pacaud on 2010-08-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #539477: Video out hot key sends super + p + return on many upcoming Dell & HP systems. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

When I try to switch the screen configuration using Fn + [F8], sometimes it doesn't work. If a text entry in an application is selected (for example a gnome-terminal window is active), a 'p' letter is inserted instead.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.3:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.2:
status: disconnected
enabled: disabled
dpms: Off
modes:
edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1280x800
edid-base64: AP///////wAw5AFGAAAAAAASAROQHRJ4Ch6FllpVjCYfUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB9BoAglAgEDAwIDYAHrMQAAAYhBIAoFAgFzAwIDYAHrMQAAAYAAAA/gBXVTk3M4ExMzNXWDIKAAAA/gAIDhQZM11//wEBCiAgAME=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
status: connected
enabled: enabled
dpms: On
modes: 1280x1024 1280x1024 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
edid-base64: AP///////wAQrBSgVU5HOCwPAQNoIht47u6Ro1RMmSYPUFSlSwBxT4GAAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBMCoAmFEAKkAwcBMAUg4RAAAeAAAA/wBNQzEyNzVBTjhHTlUKAAAA/ABERUxMIEUxNzZGUAogAAAA/QA4Sx9QDgAKICAgICAgAIo=
Date: Tue Aug 31 15:01:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100819)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E4300
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=a7fab861-76ed-4615-be73-119fe181d4af ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A14
dmi.board.name: 0D201R
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd12/22/2009:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE4300:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0D201R:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E4300
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic

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Emmanuel Pacaud (emmanuel-pacaud) wrote on 2010-08-31:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (58.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DRM.card0.SVIDEO.1.txt Edit (108 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.gz Edit (6.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
GdmLog1.gz Edit (6.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
GdmLog2.gz Edit (6.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
Lspci.txt Edit (13.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (232 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (130.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (301.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.gz Edit (8.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
XorgLogOld.gz Edit (10.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)
Xrandr.txt Edit (6.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (253 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (9.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (57.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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