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[Chris Plummer <christopher.plummer@xxxxxxx>]

Yep, it's been something slightly short of a circus act : )

It does still occur, but not nearly as often as it used to.  The new
lock screen in 14.04 is much better than the one in 13.10 - I just tried
locking the screen a dozen times in a row with no issue, and I've
probably only seen the issue occur 2-3 times since I installed 14.04 (I
blew away my old/other linux installs and fresh installed 14.04 the day
it came out, looks like that was the 17th of April).  I believe the
times that it did re-occur, I had my screen locked overnight and when I
came back to work in the morning, a terminal window in the second
monitor had gone off screen (it was the only window on that screen).
This actually happened to me this morning when I came in (May 30th,
2014).

The process I go through every night is: 1) lock the screen with Super +
L, 2) turn off the monitors manually (push the physical power button).
When I come in in the morning, I push the power buttons back on, and the
lock screen is always there.  I can then put in my password to unlock
and get working.  The first thing I usually run is 'sudo apt-get update'
and 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' in a terminal to be sure I've got the
latest packages and updates.

In a potentially related issue, I can't reliably use the inactivity
screen shutdown on my monitors - I have to set the 'System
Settings'->'Brightness and Lock'->'Turn screen off when inactive for' to
'Never', otherwise my monitors will never come back once they've started
sleeping (clicking or typing or running 'xset dpms force on' via ssh - I
have to reboot the computer).  I also have problems occasionally with my
left monitor not coming on during a reboot - I sometimes have to power
it off and power it on manually before the Ubuntu login screen will
recognize it and drive the display.

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Title:
  10de:06fd [Dell Precision T5500] Ubuntu 13.10 dual monitor screen lock
  causes windows to disappear off-screen

Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I have a dual monitor set up with a Dell T5500 and an Nvidia Quadro
  NVS 295 graphics card.  I lock the screen with a window open on the
  second monitor, then unlock it again.  When the desktop shows again,
  the windows that were on the second screen are gone offscreen.  I
  expected them to still be on the second screen - I can workaround this
  by using Alt+Spacebar to move the window back.  This happens every
  time I lock the screen, and it happens if I use the Nouveau driver or
  if I use the proprietary driver. I expected the windows on the second
  screen to stay on the screen after unlocking the system. Instead, the
  windows disappeared off-screen - the Unity launcher still shows them
  being open, plus if I have multiple windows of an application open
  (i.e. the terminal), then double click the launcher icon, then it
  shows me all the windows and lets me choose one to bring forward, even
  the ones offscreen.  When I pick the offscreen one to bring forward,
  its icon just shoots offscreen again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: 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  319.32  Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu9)
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  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
  Date: Tue Dec  3 09:51:37 2013
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: saucy
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   nvidia-319, 319.32, 3.11.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia-319, 319.32, 3.11.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 295] [10de:06fd] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:062e]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-27 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=b56473e8-ada5-4f33-bd1a-ea5d818c8ecf ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/16/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A06
  dmi.board.name: 0D883F
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A06
  dmi.chassis.type: 7
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/16/2010:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT5500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0D883F:rvrA06:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T5500
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
  xserver.bootTime: Tue Dec  3 09:18:08 2013
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.devices:
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
   input        Dell Dell QuietKey Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
   input        USB Optical Mouse    MOUSE, id 9
   input        Dell WMI hotkeys     KEYBOARD, id 10
  xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:

  xserver.version: 2:1.14.3-3ubuntu2
  ---
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:

  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3
  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
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 295] [10de:06fd] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:062e]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-06 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140106)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T5500
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu7
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.12.0-7-generic root=UUID=7197666d-a320-4893-bf03-0e3bb65ce20d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
  Tags:  trusty ubuntu regression reproducible has-workaround compiz-0.9
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 09/16/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A06
  dmi.board.name: 0D883F
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A06
  dmi.chassis.type: 7
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/16/2010:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT5500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0D883F:rvrA06:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T5500
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.50-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu1
  xserver.bootTime: Mon Jan  6 13:05:09 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.devices:
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 6
   input        Power Button         KEYBOARD, id 7
   input        Dell Dell QuietKey Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
   input        USB Optical Mouse    MOUSE, id 9
   input        Dell WMI hotkeys     KEYBOARD, id 10
  xserver.errors:
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
   Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
  xserver.video_driver: nouveau

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