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[Bug 1326257] Re: [nvidia-prime] Cannot adjust brightness in guest session and results in black screen while changing the resolution

 

The black screen after display rotation could be bug 1410238, which is
fixed in Trusty's xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4.  This
bug is also fixed on Utopic and Vivid.

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Title:
  [nvidia-prime] Cannot adjust brightness in guest session and results
  in black screen while changing the resolution

Status in HWE Next:
  Fix Released
Status in Nvidia:
  New
Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Fix Released
Status in OEM Priority Project trusty series:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-prime source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in xorg-server-lts-saucy source package in Precise:
  New
Status in nvidia-prime source package in Trusty:
  Invalid
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in xorg-server-lts-saucy source package in Trusty:
  New

Bug description:
  SRU Request

  Systems with Optimus (Intel+NVIDIA GPUs) can have problems with the
  backlight (private bug #1290694) and when detecting and switching to
  different resolutions (private bug #1285062). Using the intel driver
  (with SNA) works better than the current solution (the modesetting
  driver).

  [Impact]
   * Backlight control and resolution changes fail on some Optimus systems.

  [Test Case]
   * Select performance mode from the nvidia-settings panel and try to adjust the backlight or to cycle through the available resolutions
      - Expected: the backlight can be adjusted, and changing the resolution works.
      - Bad behavior: the backlight can't be adjusted and changing the resolution can some times result in a black screen.

  [Regression Potential]
   * Low, as the intel driver is more feature complete than modesetting.

  [Other Info]
   * N/A

  
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  Running the proprietary nvidia drivers in an Optimus config works
  (Intel+NVIDIA) can discover two issues:

  1. Cannot adjust brightness in the guest session (private bug #1290694)
  [Test Case]
   * Switch to guest session and adjust brightness from settings or hotkey or command line
      - Expected: Can adjust the brightness
      - Bad behavior: Cannot adjust brightness

  2. Black screen while changing the resolution (private bug #1285062)
  but switching to the guest session results in a black screen.
  [Test Case]
   * Go to display setting, set rotation to counterclockwise/clockwise/180 degrees and click apply
    - Expected results: Can switch display rotation successfully
    - Actual results: Black screen when switching display rotation

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