Screen partially darkened after suspend and resume in Xubuntu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xfce4 Power Manager |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
xscreensaver |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
xscreensaver (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
3 days ago after the most recent kernel update, my computer wouldn't start and got stuck on the screen reporting that it couldn't detect the hardware and start X. I reinstalled Ubuntu and the Xubuntu desktop, and somehow I am no longer getting that error, but now whenever I suspend and resume Xubuntu, the whole desktop is darkened as if there's a layer of semi-transparent black over everything. The mouse cursor is still completely white, so I know it's not a monitor brightness issue. If I suspend and resume again, it's twice as dark, as if there are now two semi-transparent black layers over the screen. When I restart or log out and back in again, it's back to normal until I suspend again. It doesn't happen every time I suspend--just most of the time.
I have no idea what package this is actually a problem with. It may have something to do with XFCE. I tried killing and restarting metacity and that didn't help, and neither did killing the screensaver.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-
NonfreeKernelMo
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Tue Jun 19 22:06:33 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
fglrx-updates, 8.960, 3.2.0-20-
fglrx-updates, 8.960, 3.2.0-25-generic, i686: installed
fglrx-updates, 8.960, 3.2.0-25-
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:9712] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1b62]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:fglrx_updates - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:fglrx - ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1215T
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0303
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 1215T
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: 1215T
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1
version.
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: xubuntu |
Changed in pm-utils: | |
status: | Incomplete → Opinion |
Changed in xscreensaver: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in xfce4-power-manager: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in xubuntu-desktop: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in xscreensaver: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Opinion |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Opinion → Invalid |
no longer affects: | pm-utils |
no longer affects: | xubuntu-desktop |
affects: | fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) → xscreensaver (Ubuntu) |
Changed in xscreensaver (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Triaged |
Strangely, I had not enabled the fglrx proprietary driver when this happened (even though for some reason the reported system information says it was installed). I ran jockey after the fact, finding both fglrx and fglrx-updates grayed out and not activated, and I installed the non-updated version (when I try to install the fglrx-updates I get error messages) and continued to have the same problem. Either the fglrx driver was installed when I installed Ubuntu and wasn't reported as installed, or I'm experiencing this bug with both the free and proprietary driver. Only now that I've installed fgrlx, the dark layer over the screen is more like 95% dark, almost completely invisible, rather than 40% or so, even though the mouse cursor is still 100% white.