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[Chris Hermansen <1234429@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tony and others,

I had planned to file an upstream bug but my inspiron (because of this
problem and a problem with the Broadcomm wireless) is very awkward to
test... So I have not - yet anyway - done that.

Regards, Chris Hermansen
On May 9, 2014 9:10 PM, "Anthony Matt" <tonym924@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have display problems with a Dell Vostro 1000 (2.4.1 BIOS, similar
> hardware to Inspiron 1501) on Lubuntu 14.04.  Vertical lines on boot,
> whether with LiveCD (USB stick) or installed on hard drive.  No
> herringbones or purple screens.
>
> Observations:
> 1. Nomodeset works (albeit stuck in 1024 x 768) because it causes driver
> 'radeon' to unload, and X falls back to the vesa driver (per Xorg.0.log).
> 2. External VGA monitor (ViewSonic VA912b) always works in cloned display
> mode, but when attached does not appear to change the laptop screen
> behavior.
> 3. Return after 'Switch off display' or 'Put display to sleep' (in Xfce
> Power Manager) sometimes restores display, other times results in blank
> laptop screen (no image, no lines) or vertical lines; display that is set
> to lower resolution shows only part of desktop (crops rather than shrinks
> to fit entire desktop).
> 4. Laptop lid behavior: Lock Screen option does not fix vertical lines,
> does not break normal screen; Suspend sometimes fixes vertical lines.
> 5. Changing LVDS monitor resolution or refresh rate (in Monitor Settings
> GUI) always causes LVDS to display vertical lines.  Turning LVDS off, then
> on sometimes restores screen from vertical line state.
> 6. Behaviors in 3-5 appear to be time/temperature dependent - restoring
> the screen works consistently for ~1 hour (from first boot of the day),
> then works less frequently until not at all.
> 7. Errors (probably unrelated) on screen displayed when returning from
> Suspend:  ata1: softreset failed (device not ready)
> 8. No monitors.xml in ~/.config; no xorg.conf.
> 9. xrandr reports various LVDS resolutions from 640 x 480 up to 1280 x 800.
>
> Was an upstream bug ever filed for this issue?
> I'm willing to supply logs etc to help resolve this bug.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
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> Title:
>   1002:5975 [Dell Inspiron 1501] vertical coloured lines / herringbone
>   pattern on startup
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Title:
  1002:5975 [Dell Inspiron 1501] vertical coloured lines / herringbone
  pattern on startup

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This problem occurs intermittently on my Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop.
  For instance, on booting the Saucy beta 2 release from USB stick; or
  today, booting the installed 13.10 beta 2 with all updates current.
  But not always. The screen is 100% illegible when this happens.

  WORKAROUND: Wait for the screen to blank on power save; when it is
  reactivated, the display is fine. Or if screen blanking is not
  engaged, close the lid, wait, and open it again.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: linux-image-3.11.0-11-generic 3.11.0-11.17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-11.17-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-11-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  chris      2520 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Wed Oct  2 15:02:02 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=048b201c-8624-4725-829b-494813ad22d1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-01 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1501
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-11-generic root=UUID=0af7925d-8330-4b61-8598-b7b32a88aac2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-11-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-11-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.116
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: yes
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 03/15/2006
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 2.3.0
  dmi.board.name: 0UW744
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.3.0:bd03/15/2006:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1501:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0UW744:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1501
  dmi.product.version: Not Specified
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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