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T Martin (mortramalt) wrote : Re: [Bug 745112] Re: [arrandale] desktop is messed up (goes black) when laptop is docked with two external 1920x1200 monitors (x86_64)

I'm still curious why it would be that the issue isn't present in a clean
install of Xubuntu 11.04, but is a problem with Ubuntu 11.04, Fedora 15, and
Linux Mint 11.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 19:32, Martin Pool <email address hidden> wrote:

> That package does have the drawback that suspend/resume is broken: the
> machine sits there with the screen (or both screens) off, and
> unresponsive to keyboard input. This was working correctly in the
> stock natty packages.
>
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> duplicate bug report (771713).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/745112
>
> Title:
> [arrandale] desktop is messed up (goes black) when laptop is docked
> with two external 1920x1200 monitors (x86_64)
>
> Status in X.org xf86-video-intel:
> Incomplete
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> (I'm not sure where in the stack this problem really is, so I'm
> guessing and picking on unity)
>
> I have a Lenovo T410s laptop with Intel graphics and I use it with a
> dock with two 1920x1200 monitors connected. I'm running up-to-date
> Natty. If I boot the laptop with it already docked, everything works
> perfectly: the two external monitors are used and I get a nice unity
> desktop spanning my 3840x1200 space.
>
> However, if I boot with the laptop undocked, log in, and then dock the
> laptop, it breaks pretty badly. Only one monitor is lit up, and I
> just get a black screen with a mouse pointer there -- no desktop
> background, windows, toolbars, or anything. Once it's in this state,
> it doesn't seem possible to recover -- if I undock the laptop again,
> the internal screen just stays black with a pointer.
>
> When the laptop is in a working state, undocking it sort of works...
> the desktop switches to the laptop screen, but then redocking it acts
> just like docking as described above.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: unity 3.6.8-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,scale,session,unityshell]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> DRM.card0.DP.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.DP.2:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.DP.3:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1920x1200 1920x1080 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1400x1050
> 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1360x768 1152x864 1280x720 1280x720 1024x768
> 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 720x576 720x480
> 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wA4o1BnAQEBASUUAQOAOCN46pe1qVQ4riUTUFS/74CBwIGAkECLwJUAqUCzANEAKDyAoHCwI0AwIDYAMF4hAAAaAAAA/QAyTBpSEQAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABFQTI2MVdNCiAgICAgAAAA/wAwOTEwNjY4OE5BCiAgAV4CAQQAAR0AclHQHiBuKFUAMF4hAAAeAR0AvFLQHiC4KFVAMF4hAAAejgrQiiDgLRAQPpYAMF4hAAAYjArQkCBAMSAMQFUAMF4hAAAYAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUAMF4hAAAeAjqA0HI4LUAQLEWAMF4hAAAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/A==
> DRM.card0.HDMI.A.3:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: On
> modes: 1920x1200 1920x1080 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1400x1050
> 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1360x768 1152x864 1280x720 1280x720 1024x768
> 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 720x576 720x480
> 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wA4o1BnAQEBASUUAQOAOCN46pe1qVQ4riUTUFS/74CBwIGAkECLwJUAqUCzANEAKDyAoHCwI0AwIDYAMF4hAAAaAAAA/QAyTBpSEQAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABFQTI2MVdNCiAgICAgAAAA/wAwOTEwNjY5ME5BCiAgAWUCAQQAAR0AclHQHiBuKFUAMF4hAAAeAR0AvFLQHiC4KFVAMF4hAAAejgrQiiDgLRAQPpYAMF4hAAAYjArQkCBAMSAMQFUAMF4hAAAYAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUAMF4hAAAeAjqA0HI4LUAQLEWAMF4hAAAeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/A==
> DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
> status: connected
> enabled: enabled
> dpms: Off
> modes: 1440x900 1440x900
> edid-base64:
> AP///////wAwrjZAAAAAAAASAQOAHhN46uWVk1ZPkCgoUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBwSmg5FGEGjAwIDYAL74QAAAZ3iKgLFGEfjAwIDYAL74QAAAZAAAADwCVCjKVCigeCQBMo0JUAAAA/gBMVE4xNDFCVDA4MDAxAMs=
> DRM.card0.VGA.1:
> status: disconnected
> enabled: disabled
> dpms: Off
> modes:
> edid-base64:
> Date: Tue Mar 29 10:07:56 2011
> DistUpgraded: Log time: 2010-12-12 14:04:29.713775
> DistroCodename: natty
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
> [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21c1]
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101206)
> InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101206)
> InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101206)
> MachineType: LENOVO 2901CTO
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_US:en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic
> root=UUID=ab1e5491-e40c-4113-bf20-22ecb604999a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
> Renderer: Unknown
> SourcePackage: unity
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-24 (4 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 10/27/2010
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: 6UET61WW (1.41 )
> dmi.board.name: 2901CTO
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: Not Available
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6UET61WW(1.41):bd10/27/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2901CTO:pvrThinkPadT410s:rvnLENOVO:rn2901CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
> dmi.product.name: 2901CTO
> dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410s
> dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu5
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
> version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6
>
> [lspci]
> Nux: lspci: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation
> Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
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