Comment 10 for bug 1631519

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Robert C Jennings (rcj) wrote : Re: [Bug 1631519] Re: No X on boot with external monitor connected

I have tried two monitors of different brands and a random television. The
resolution selected is 1920x1080.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Could you please try with a different monitor or share more of the
> details of how you are using this, such as which resolution is picked?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631519
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> Title:
> No X on boot with external monitor connected
>
> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> When booting from today's (201610907) daily yakkety livecd with an
> external display attached X does not start.
>
> If the external monitor is attached after X has started I can boot to
> the desktop using only using the laptop's LCD (ThinkPad x230, intel
> graphics). The attaching a 1920x1080 LCD via miniDP extends the
> desktop but windows moved around produce a trail of windows that
> persist even after the window is closed.
>
> This is a regression from Xenial.
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
> Release: 16.10
>
> $ apt-cache policy xorg
> xorg:
> Installed: 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
> Candidate: 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
> Version table:
> *** 1:7.7+13ubuntu4 500
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
> Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-19.21-generic 4.8.0-rc8
> Uname: Linux 4.8.0-19-generic x86_64
> .tmp.unity_support_test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.379
> CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/
> screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
> CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Fri Oct 7 20:23:46 2016
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: yakkety
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
> GraphicsCard:
> Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
> [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Lenovo 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
> [17aa:21fa]
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20161007)
> MachineType: LENOVO 2306CTO
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
> SourcePackage: xorg
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2013
> dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.bios.version: G2ET97WW (2.57 )
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
> dmi.board.name: 2306CTO
> dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.board.version: Not Defined
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
> dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ET97WW(2.57):bd10/25/2013:svnLENOVO:
> pn2306CTO:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn2306CTO:
> rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
> dmi.product.name: 2306CTO
> dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230
> dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu2
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.3-1ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.3-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.1-1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.12-2
> xserver.bootTime: Fri Oct 7 20:18:12 2016
> xserver.configfile: default
> xserver.errors:
>
> xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6
> xserver.video_driver: modeset
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