HWE 16.04.2: Login Screen goes partially black after upgrade (Dual Screen)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gnome-flashback (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
lightdm (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xorg (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I'm using ubuntu 16.04, up-to-date, HWE kernel 4.8.0-36-generic.
On dual screen setup, during system login, the first screen stretches over a part of the second screen (about 25% of it), whereas the rest of the second screen is black. Like this:
############ ############
# # #<<|.......#
# Login # #<<|.Black.#
# # #<<|.......#
############ ############
The part marked with "<<" is the rightest part of the background image of the first screen. I've seen this after updating to xorg/xserver-
Nevertheless, I can login and everything is fine again. Both screens look as they should. (I had to reconfigure monitors once after updating to xorg/xserver-
sylog shows:
Feb 18 06:27:03 lat61 gnome-session[
Feb 18 06:27:03 lat61 gnome-session[
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gnome-flashback 3.18.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback
Date: Sat Feb 18 07:46:46 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-29 (812 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: gnome-flashback
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-15 (247 days ago)
Changed in gnome-flashback (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
summary: |
- Gnome Flashback: Could not assign CRTC to outputs, ignoring - configuration + HWE 16.04.2: Login Screen goes partially black after upgrade (Dual + Screen) |
That got scrambled. Should be:
####### #####_# ####### #### ----#_# <<|.... ...# ---#_#< <|.Black. # ----#_# <<|.... ...# #####_# ####### ####
#------
#-Login-
#------
#######
Again, The part marked with "<<" is the rightest part of the background image of the first screen.