Public bug reported: I think this is related to #749817, but perhaps a bit more specific. Running up-to-date 11.04 as of Sat May 7 23:59:32 UTC 2011. Using the Monitor applet, if I disable the internal display, the external DisplayPort (DP) display also blanks and goes to sleep. The only error I see is in dmesg: [date&time] [drm:intel_dp_complete_link_train] *ERROR* failed to train DP, aborting
Using Fn+F7 sometimes works to restore the display, but more often gives me two black screens with a mouse pointer but no X clients painted. I can use ctrl+alt+f1 to switch back to the text console, alt+f8 to switch back to X and the same situation continues: two black screens, mouse pointer, nothing else. Note that the mouse pointer appears to correctly switch between pointers (arrow vs. insertion caret vs. resize handles) as it passes over various black areas of the screen, and the clients are still running perfectly OK, they just don't display. When Fn+F7 fails to restore the display, I get the above error logged again. Yet, using "xrandr --output LVDS1 --off" to accomplish my goal works perfectly with no side effects. Could the problem somehow be in the Monitors applet??? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: athompso 1684 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf2520000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:14f15069,17aa2157,00100302 HDA:80862804,17aa21b5,00100000' Controls : 12 Simple ctrls : 6 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 6SHT32WW-1.13' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 6SHT32WW-1.13' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Sat May 7 18:53:20 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MachineType: LENOVO 2985EYU ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=a3148d82-bfc6-4b7a-8eb7-862ee9ef6654 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 6QET64WW (1.34 ) dmi.board.name: 2985EYU dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6QET64WW(1.34):bd02/24/2011:svnLENOVO:pn2985EYU:pvrThinkPadX201Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn2985EYU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 2985EYU dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X201 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779279 Title: Thinkpad X201 external DP monitor goes black if internal display is disabled with Monitors applet -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs