Comment 13 for bug 408432

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fiacobelli (francisco-iacobelli) wrote : Re: [Bug 408432] Re: [i915] 'xrandr' with no arguments garbles screen

Thanks!
PS: I'd be gald to respond to the intel developers trying to fix this if
they tell me what to look for.

Francisco.

Geir Ove Myhr wrote:
> fiacobelli, the main reason that this bug has not been resolved is not
> low priority, but that the original reporter (Dag Asheim) has stopped
> responding to the intel developers who try to fix this bug. If this is
> going to be resolved, someone who has this problem needs to follow up in
> the upstream bug report.
>
> PS: I subscribed you to this bug report so that you get updates. I
> assume this is what you want, but you can unsubscribe again if you would
> like. I see you have a new Launchpad account, so that you may not have
> learned this yet.
>
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> [i915] 'xrandr' with no arguments garbles screen
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408432
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> Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: In Progress
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel
>
> This is on a Dell Latitide X1 laptop, and only occurs under the following
> circumstances:
>
> 1. xorg is started
> 2. The external monitor (a Dell 2001 FP) is plugged into the VGA port
> 3. 'xrandr' is called without arguments, and instantly the screen is
> garbled - mostly black, except for a few pixels at the top of the screen
> that appears relatively normal.
>
> If step 2 is done before step 1, the screen stays normal.
>
> The bug is a regression, as earlier (Jaunty and earlier) didn't display
> this behavior.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Mon Aug 3 16:41:26 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude X1
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu1
> ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=513087c1-ebbd-4d02-bc2e-0dbc1cc68719 ro quiet
> splash
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=nb_NO.UTF-8
> LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
> libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5-1ubuntu1
> libdrm2 2.4.12-1ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu1
> xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu4
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 06/21/2005
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A03
> dmi.board.name: 0G6951
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd06/21/2005:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeX1:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G6951:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: Latitude X1
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> fglrx: Not loaded
> system:
> distro: Ubuntu
> architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-4-generic
>
> [lspci]
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile
> 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller [8086:2592] (rev 03)
> Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01a3]
>
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