External VGA blinks every 7 seconds with both outputs enabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Thinkpad X41 laptop, with intel 915GM/GMS/910GML, with Intrepid Kubuntu up to date at the moment I'm posting this.
Using an external VGA screen with LVDS at the same time causes the VGA screen to blink / flicker every 6-8 seconds (just gets black completely, and gets back less then a second later).
I'm attaching my Xorg.0.log , but the three following lines always appear when the screen flashes:
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "ACR", prod id 9
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) intel(0): I2C device "LVDSDDC_C:ddc2" removed.
For example,
/usr/bin/xrandr --output VGA --auto --left-of LVDS
gives me the twin view setup (with just a line Virtual added in my xorg.conf, although it did do that with the pristine xorg automatically built up by dpkg). It does the same with --same-as options.
It does not flicker when using only VGA, or only using LVDS (using xrandr --output VGA --auto --output LVDS --off or the other way around)
The bug may seem similar to other bugs (like #275152), but the main issue here is that it is a regression, as this kind of setup was perfectly working under Hardy before the upgrade.
I upgraded to Intrepid since October 14th , and it's been doing this since (even with the multiple xorg / video-intel) upgrades.
A workaround (not a solution ! this is not a normal behaviour) is to stop "Detecting RANDR (monitor) changes" in KDE settings like described in bug #278471
After doing that, screen stops blinking , whatever the setup is. I post the bug in xserver-
Willing to test whatever needed to solve the issue for a standard setup that will work out-of-the-box for those poor Kubuntu Intrepid people that will have my kind of video hardware (that seem to be common).
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: |
added: dual-head removed: external |
Turning off the KRandR service also gets rid of video playback stutter and mouse jumps, as reported here: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ kubuntu- meta/+bug/ 296481