Failed to activate external monitor (dual monitor mode)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unity |
Expired
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
compiz (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Expired
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
TEST CASE:
1. Plug an external monitor before logging in (otherwise you'll face bug 733346)
2. Login
3. Open the display configuration applet
$ gnome-control-
4. Activate the second monitor
Result:
Everything becomes black, unity reappears but not the main viewport.
Windows (terminal, gnome-control-
CPU goes to 100%
Then after a while the session quits.
Similar issue bug 769650
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: compiz 1:0.9.4+
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Mon Jul 11 10:55:58 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110209)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: compiz
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
summary: |
- Failed to activate external monitor + Failed to activate external monitor (dual monitor mode) |
tags: | added: compiz-0.9 |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: rls-mgr-o-tracking |
Changed in unity: | |
assignee: | nobody → Jay Taoko (jaytaoko) |
milestone: | none → 4.18.0 |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
tags: | added: testcase |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
assignee: | Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team) → Jay Taoko (jaytaoko) |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | 4.18.0 → 4.20.0 |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | 4.20.0 → 4.22.0 |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | 4.22.0 → 4.24.0 |
Changed in unity: | |
assignee: | Jay Taoko (jaytaoko) → nobody |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Jay Taoko (jaytaoko) → nobody |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
assignee: | Jay Taoko (jaytaoko) → nobody |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | 4.24.0 → none |
@jibel:
If it's related to the i915 issue, could you verify what's at 100%: is it the xserver or compiz?
Could you attach to the process eating the cpu and see if it loops inside the driver for example?
Alternatively, is this bug reproducible on a different HW configuration?