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[Jeff Lane <jeffrey.lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- [Latitude E6510] Desktop does not revert when unplugging external VGA with nouveau
+ Desktop does not revert when unplugging external VGA with nouveau

** Description changed:

- Testing the E6510 with Oneiric.  I have discovered that neither external
- VGA nor Display port work with the nvidia driver from nvidia_current.  I
- have also discovered that DisplayPort does not work with nouveau.
- However, External VGA does seem to work with nouveau.  BUT the problem
- arises when you unplug the external display.
+ Testing the E6510 (7383) with Oneiric.  I have discovered that neither
+ external VGA nor Display port work with the nvidia driver from
+ nvidia_current.  I have also discovered that DisplayPort does not work
+ with nouveau.  However, External VGA does seem to work with nouveau.
+ BUT the problem arises when you unplug the external display.
  
  I've managed to recreate this every time by doing the following:
  1: Verify you're running nouveau
  2: plug in a monitor via external VGA on the 6510.
  3: Verify desktop has been extended.  I do this simply with CTRL+ALT+Arrow to open the switcher.  When configured for dual desktops, you'll see each quadrant split into two with a blue bar under the Primary desktop.
  4: Unplug the monitor
  5: wait a few seconds and then do CTRL+ALT+Arrow to open the switcher and notice that the desktops are STILL split into two as though the monitor was connected.
  6: open something that creates secondary popups.  Typing ubuntu-bug xorg in a terminal window does great.  You'll notice that while  the main apport window may or may not appear on the visible screen, if you open the switcher again, you'll notice that popups are appearing on the extended display, and without the external monitor, there's no way to get to them.
  
  You can further confirm this by plugging the monitor back in and you'll
  see the popup once that monitor comes online.
  
  This is a blocker as well because once this happens, the only way to
  restore usablility is to reboot.  I tried unity --reset and tried simply
  logging out and back in to restart X.  Both cases resulted in the system
  freezing, necessitating a reboot anyway.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  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 Kernel Module  280.13  Wed Jul 27 16:55:43 PDT 2011
-  GCC version:  gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
+  NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  280.13  Wed Jul 27 16:55:43 PDT 2011
+  GCC version:  gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
-  
+ 
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  Date: Tue Oct 18 15:34:27 2011
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: oneiric
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
-  nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] [10de:0a6c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-    Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6510 [1028:040b]
+  nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] [10de:0a6c] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
+    Subsystem: Dell Latitude E6510 [1028:040b]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  JockeyStatus:
-  kmod:wl - Broadcom STA wireless driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) [auto-install]
-  xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
-  xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
+  kmod:wl - Broadcom STA wireless driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) [auto-install]
+  xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
+  xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6510
  PccardctlIdent:
-  Socket 0:
-    no product info available
+  Socket 0:
+    no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
-  Socket 0:
-    no card
+  Socket 0:
+    no card
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=8ba496ee-b35c-4ef3-917c-d6869b0ac641 ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  XorgConf:
-  Section "Device"
-  	Identifier	"Default Device"
-  	Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
-  EndSection
+  Section "Device"
+   Identifier	"Default Device"
+   Option	"NoLogo"	"True"
+  EndSection
  dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A06
  dmi.board.name: 0N5KHN
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A03
  dmi.chassis.type: 9
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd11/20/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6510:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn0N5KHN:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: Latitude E6510
  dmi.product.version: 0001
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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