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[Bug 1430276] Re: Desktop/windows painted incorrectly in dual monitor configuration

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From: "Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:05:42 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1430276 <1430276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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** Description changed:

- Problem 1. if miniDVI (connected to NVIDIA card) is connected upon boot,
- the desktop resolution is detected incorrectly.
- 
- Problem 2. lightdm won't start from scratch, needs to be restarted as service on every boot, and then ctrl+alt+f7 has to be pressed repeatedly until the login window appears, and then again repeatedly, until the desktop appears (after which, the miniDVI can be inserted). If you skip the first repeated pressing, you end up with a console window saying "/org/FreeDesktop/Accounts/User1000 has been changed". If you skip the second repeated pressing, you revert to login window.
- Yes, I've tried the following:
- sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
- sudo chown -R <username> .
- sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop unity unity-greeter
- including setting HEED_DEFAULT_DESKTOP_MANAGER=false in /etc/init.d/lightdm
- 
- Problem 3. right now (as of yesterday), unity decorator and dash does
- not apper after login, and "dconf reset -f /org/compiz/ && setsid" unity
- has to be run from lightdm, provided that you somehow manage to get a
- terminal up (ctrl+alt+T does not work, neither does Alt+f2)
- 
- The result of this:
- 
- sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
- is:
- 
- A14
- 09/24/2014
- 
- Sorry for the mess, I'd be happy to provide further information, since this laptop seems to be an outlier to all your fixes.
- P.S. "/etc/modprobe.d is not a file" still persists...
+ If miniDVI (connected to NVIDIA card) is connected upon boot, the
+ desktop resolution is detected incorrectly.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: vtsspp sep3_15 pax wl nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
-  NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.113  Mon Dec  1 21:08:13 PST 2014
-  GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
+  NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.113  Mon Dec  1 21:08:13 PST 2014
+  GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
-  
+ 
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  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: Tue Mar 10 11:31:49 2015
  DistUpgraded: 2014-06-06 12:58:55,700 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
-  Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05aa]
-  NVIDIA Corporation GK106M [GeForce GTX 770M] [10de:11e0] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05aa]
+  Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
+    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05aa]
+  NVIDIA Corporation GK106M [GeForce GTX 770M] [10de:11e0] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
+    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05aa]
  MachineType: Alienware Alienware 17
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic root=UUID=40c4f155-d830-45c7-8784-98c30335b94c ro nvidia.modeset=1 nosplash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-06 (276 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/24/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.bios.version: A14
  dmi.board.name: 068R5X
  dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.board.version: A01
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.chassis.version: A14
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA14:bd09/24/2014:svnAlienware:pnAlienware17:pvrA14:rvnAlienware:rn068R5X:rvrA01:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA14:
  dmi.product.name: Alienware 17
  dmi.product.version: A14
  dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.59+git20150225.1f73578d-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.0~git20150204.661c8bb2-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.0~git20150204.661c8bb2-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.99+git20140806.fbf575cb-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

** Tags added: latest-bios-a14

** Summary changed:

- Desktop/windows painted incorrectly in dual monitor configuration
+ [xorg-edgers] Desktop/windows painted incorrectly in dual monitor configuration

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Title:
  [xorg-edgers] Desktop/windows painted incorrectly in dual monitor
  configuration

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If miniDVI (connected to NVIDIA card) is connected upon boot, the
  desktop resolution is detected incorrectly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: vtsspp sep3_15 pax wl nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.113  Mon Dec  1 21:08:13 PST 2014
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  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: Tue Mar 10 11:31:49 2015
  DistUpgraded: 2014-06-06 12:58:55,700 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05aa]
   NVIDIA Corporation GK106M [GeForce GTX 770M] [10de:11e0] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05aa]
  MachineType: Alienware Alienware 17
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic root=UUID=40c4f155-d830-45c7-8784-98c30335b94c ro nvidia.modeset=1 nosplash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-06 (276 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/24/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.bios.version: A14
  dmi.board.name: 068R5X
  dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.board.version: A01
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
  dmi.chassis.version: A14
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienware:bvrA14:bd09/24/2014:svnAlienware:pnAlienware17:pvrA14:rvnAlienware:rn068R5X:rvrA01:cvnAlienware:ct8:cvrA14:
  dmi.product.name: Alienware 17
  dmi.product.version: A14
  dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.59+git20150225.1f73578d-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.0~git20150204.661c8bb2-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.0~git20150204.661c8bb2-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.4.99+git20140806.fbf575cb-0ubuntu0sarvatt~trusty
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A

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References

[Bug 1430276] [NEW] Desktop/windows painted incorrectly in dual monitor configuration
From: Bontius, 2015-03-10