Activity log for bug #893854

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2011-11-23 03:37:18 Brian O'Connor bug added bug
2011-11-23 04:14:48 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags bot-comment
2011-11-23 04:25:13 Brian O'Connor affects ubuntu linux (Ubuntu)
2011-11-23 04:30:08 Brad Figg linux (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2011-11-23 04:30:09 Brad Figg tags bot-comment bot-comment natty
2011-11-23 04:37:12 Brian O'Connor tags bot-comment natty apport-collected bot-comment natty
2011-11-23 04:37:13 Brian O'Connor description I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, and I have a hp dm3z laptop with an external 22" monitor. I have it set to extended desktop, with the external screen to the left of the laptop. The external screen has a resolution of 1680x1050, and the laptop has a resolution of 1366x800. I noticed daily that it would reset my desktop to mirrored display, with a resolution of 800x600. I tracked down the cause to be the mlocate script within cron.daily (rant: really annoying), where the underlying cause was on_ac_power, and specifically the command cat /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online starts going through the cycle of different desktop layouts. When in the layout of external to left of laptop screen, with each successive call to 'cat /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online', it goes to the following layouts, in this order: mirrored (800x600) laptop screen on left side of extended desktop, external on right (both at correct resolutions) laptop screen only (correct resolution) external monitor only (correct resolution) external monitor on left, laptop screen on right (both at correct resolution) I've also noticed that if I unplug my AC power while the external monitor is plugged in, and unplug the external monitor (because I move my laptop), it seems to go through at least one full cycle before it finally settles on laptop only, but it takes a good few seconds (and it's very, very noticeable). This happens when the external monitor is plugged into the HDMI port or the VGA port. Additionally, this also happens if I run 'cat < /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online' When on battery power, it outputs '0', when on AC power, it outputs '1'. I've run Ubuntu 11.10 (but decided to downgrade for other reasons) and this problem still persists there. Please let me know if there's any other information I can provide. If it wasn't obvious, I don't expect my monitors to cycle through the different possible output modes because of a daily cron script. Instead, it does happen. It's really annoying. Now that I've found it, I can disable the cron script, but it was really annoying to track down. brian@nevada:/etc/cron.daily$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 brian@nevada:/etc/cron.daily$ uname -a Linux nevada 2.6.38-13-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 8 16:53:51 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux brian@nevada:/etc/cron.daily$ lspci | grep -i radeon 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, and I have a hp dm3z laptop with an external 22" monitor. I have it set to extended desktop, with the external screen to the left of the laptop. The external screen has a resolution of 1680x1050, and the laptop has a resolution of 1366x800. I noticed daily that it would reset my desktop to mirrored display, with a resolution of 800x600. I tracked down the cause to be the mlocate script within cron.daily (rant: really annoying), where the underlying cause was on_ac_power, and specifically the command cat /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online starts going through the cycle of different desktop layouts. When in the layout of external to left of laptop screen, with each successive call to 'cat /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online', it goes to the following layouts, in this order: mirrored (800x600) laptop screen on left side of extended desktop, external on right (both at correct resolutions) laptop screen only (correct resolution) external monitor only (correct resolution) external monitor on left, laptop screen on right (both at correct resolution) I've also noticed that if I unplug my AC power while the external monitor is plugged in, and unplug the external monitor (because I move my laptop), it seems to go through at least one full cycle before it finally settles on laptop only, but it takes a good few seconds (and it's very, very noticeable). This happens when the external monitor is plugged into the HDMI port or the VGA port. Additionally, this also happens if I run 'cat < /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online' When on battery power, it outputs '0', when on AC power, it outputs '1'. I've run Ubuntu 11.10 (but decided to downgrade for other reasons) and this problem still persists there. Please let me know if there's any other information I can provide. If it wasn't obvious, I don't expect my monitors to cycle through the different possible output modes because of a daily cron script. Instead, it does happen. It's really annoying. Now that I've found it, I can disable the cron script, but it was really annoying to track down. brian@nevada:/etc/cron.daily$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 brian@nevada:/etc/cron.daily$ uname -a Linux nevada 2.6.38-13-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 8 16:53:51 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux brian@nevada:/etc/cron.daily$ lspci | grep -i radeon 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: brian 1631 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf2300000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD81B1C5' Components : 'HDA:111d76d5,103c3656,00100402' Controls : 14 Simple ctrls : 9 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xf2210000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dm3t Notebook PC Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-13-generic root=UUID=11e1ee27-f55d-4452-b0d7-65dcd73522ca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.52-generic 2.6.38.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-13-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-13-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52.4 Tags: natty Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare dmi.bios.date: 09/20/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.09 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 3656 dmi.board.vendor: Flextronics dmi.board.version: 44.18 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Flextronics dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.09:bd09/20/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondm3tNotebookPC:pvr03A0100000240010110120000:rvnFlextronics:rn3656:rvr44.18:cvnFlextronics:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dm3t Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 03A0100000240010110120000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
2011-11-23 04:37:15 Brian O'Connor attachment added AcpiTables.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605585/+files/AcpiTables.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:17 Brian O'Connor attachment added AlsaDevices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605586/+files/AlsaDevices.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:19 Brian O'Connor attachment added AplayDevices.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605587/+files/AplayDevices.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:21 Brian O'Connor attachment added BootDmesg.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605588/+files/BootDmesg.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:24 Brian O'Connor attachment added Card0.Amixer.values.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605589/+files/Card0.Amixer.values.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:26 Brian O'Connor attachment added Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605590/+files/Card0.Codecs.codec.0.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:28 Brian O'Connor attachment added Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605591/+files/Card1.Codecs.codec.0.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:30 Brian O'Connor attachment added CurrentDmesg.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605592/+files/CurrentDmesg.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:31 Brian O'Connor attachment added IwConfig.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605593/+files/IwConfig.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:33 Brian O'Connor attachment added Lspci.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605594/+files/Lspci.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:34 Brian O'Connor attachment added Lsusb.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605595/+files/Lsusb.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:36 Brian O'Connor attachment added PciMultimedia.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605596/+files/PciMultimedia.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:37 Brian O'Connor attachment added ProcCpuinfo.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605597/+files/ProcCpuinfo.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:39 Brian O'Connor attachment added ProcCpuinfo_.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605598/+files/ProcCpuinfo_.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:41 Brian O'Connor attachment added ProcInterrupts.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605599/+files/ProcInterrupts.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:43 Brian O'Connor attachment added ProcModules.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605600/+files/ProcModules.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:45 Brian O'Connor attachment added RfKill.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605601/+files/RfKill.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:47 Brian O'Connor attachment added UdevDb.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605602/+files/UdevDb.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:49 Brian O'Connor attachment added UdevLog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605603/+files/UdevLog.txt
2011-11-23 04:37:51 Brian O'Connor attachment added WifiSyslog.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893854/+attachment/2605604/+files/WifiSyslog.txt
2011-11-23 18:25:10 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Confirmed
2011-11-23 18:25:13 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2011-11-23 18:31:53 Joseph Salisbury tags apport-collected bot-comment natty apport-collected bot-comment natty needs-upstream-testing
2011-11-29 23:48:23 Brian O'Connor tags apport-collected bot-comment natty needs-upstream-testing apport-collected bot-comment kernel-bug-exists-upstream natty
2012-11-16 22:07:54 Joseph Salisbury linux (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Won't Fix