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P1.70
04/21/2015

As I was saying before, this only happened since updating to 15.04 from 14.10.  It has more to do with my television not specifying a resolution that is compatible with modeset.  For example, it may say that it's 720p tops instead of 1280 x 720 but I'm not sure.  I do know that it enjoys staying in a powered-on state while flipping the screen and its light on and off while making the power on and off sound when modeset doesn't work right.
The television shows as a Samsung Electric Company 7" and is presently working at a resolution of 1360 x 768 and looks like crap at 1280 x 720.  I'm not sure what has changed in the way that modeset functions, but this would be the second time this same issue has happened with this particular screen.  Normally, I would say that it would be the screen at fault, but something in modeset was changed before that fixed the way it handled some of these screens that made it work perfectly.  If someone could look at what changed that could make it have this problem, I would really appreciate it.

Also, changed to confirmed as requested.

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Title:
  Have to use nomodeset for install (new problem for new distro)

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I haven't had this problem since around version 12.04 or before (can't recall which one precisely) where, during installation, I have to use nomodeset in order to get my Samsung television to stop turning on and off repeatedly during modeset problems.  I would like to mention that my television doesn't support an automatic shutoff mode which would normally cause it to turn off in a powersave situation, so being able to do that would be considered a new feature to me (one maybe worth exploring later).  However, this last distro of 15.04 seems to have brought back the old problems with modeset that were once fixed, brought back, fixed again, and now brought back once more.
  Unfortunately, I can't give a log of this error due to the nature of the problem causing no visuals and my system deleting any log files upon reboot of the live boot.  So, all I can suggest is to look into what changed that would cause modeset to break like this and try to change it back or add-in the fix to the code that existed before, if possible.

  Thanks!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
  .tmp.unity.support.test.1:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.360
  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: Sun Apr 26 01:52:38 2015
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: vivid
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 980] [10de:13c0] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:3988]
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash ---  nomodeset
  Renderer: Software
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/23/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: P1.50
  dmi.board.name: X99 Professional
  dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd01/23/2015:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX99Professional:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.2-0ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.2-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2build1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1
  xserver.bootTime: Sun Apr 26 01:33:12 2015
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.devices:
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
   input        DELL Dell USB Wired Multimedia Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
   input        DELL Dell USB Wired Multimedia Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
   input        DELL DELL USB Laser Mouse MOUSE, id 10
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   
  xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3

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