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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

Cycling through display modes fails with nv driver and NVIDIA 8400M GS

Bug #126635 reported by Jose De la Rosa
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xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Forking from LP #121163:

Using nv driver from package xserver-xorg-video-nv_2.1.2-2ubuntu1_i386.deb, on an Inspiron 1420 system with the NVIDIA 8400M GS card, when an external monitor is connected to it, pressing Fn+F8 does not behave as expected:

1. When the external monitor is attached, the screen displays on both the laptop screen and the external monitor (without even pressing Fn+F8).
2. After pressing Fn+F8, both screens go blank.
3. Pressing Fn+F8 a second time displays garbled graphics on both the laptop screen and external monitor.

I can't go to any of the virtual consoles to try to recover, the only way to do so is by doing a hard reboot.

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Jose De la Rosa (jose-de-la-rosa) wrote :
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Jose De la Rosa (jose-de-la-rosa) wrote :
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in redfish:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
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Jose De la Rosa (jose-de-la-rosa) wrote :

Tracking nv issues elsewhere.

Changed in dell:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Please attach a backtrace at the point X garbles the graphics. Information on getting backtraces for X is available from the troubleshooting section of http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nv:
status: New → Incomplete
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wolfger (wolfger) wrote :

4 months with no response. We are closing the xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu) portion of this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen the xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu) portion of this bug report if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-nv:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Timothy R. Chavez (timrchavez)
Changed in somerville:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Invalid
no longer affects: dell
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Timothy R. Chavez (timrchavez) wrote :

The bug task for the somerville project has been removed by an automated script. This bug has been cloned on that project and is available here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1305724

no longer affects: somerville
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