Public bug reported:

Description:    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release:        16.04

kscreen:
  Installed: 4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


I have been running three screens on my Dell Precision M3800 laptop running 
Kubuntu for over a year, starting with 14.04, then 15.10 and now 16.04.  The 
problem is, after upgrading to Kubuntu Xenial (16.04), I am no longer able to 
rotate any of my screens. 

I open Display Configuration (KDE Control Module) and select the screen
that's rotated, select Orientation: 90 degrees clockwise, click Apply,
and the Orientation for that monitor simply resets.  It doesn't seem to
matter what screen I select, the laptop screen, or either of the two
external screens.

During the process, the following log messages occur in /var/log/syslog
(I have the third screen disconnected so this is only with two
monitors):

Jun  1 21:50:35 foobar4 org.kde.kiod5[2197]: org.kde.kio.kpasswdserver: User = 
"" , WindowId = 0
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen: Primary output changed 
from KScreen::Output(Id: 66 , Name: "eDP-1" ) ( "eDP-1" ) to 
KScreen::Output(Id: 66 , Name: "eDP-1" ) ( "eDP-1" )
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: XRandR::setConfig
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: Requested screen 
size is QSize(1920, 2580)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: Needed CRTCs:  2
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: Actions to 
perform:
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Primary 
Output: false
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Change 
Screen Size: true
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011#011Old: 
QSize(1920, 2160)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: 
#011#011Intermediate: QSize(1920, 2580)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011#011New: 
QSize(1920, 2580)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Disable 
outputs: false
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Change 
outputs: true
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011#011 (66, 68)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Enable 
outputs: false
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: RRSetScreenSize
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011DPI: 101.6
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Size: 
QSize(1920, 2580)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011SizeMM: 
QSize(480, 645)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: RRSetCrtcConfig 
(change output)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Output: 66 ( 
"eDP-1" )
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011CRTC: 63
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Pos: 
QPoint(0,1500)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Mode: "79" ( 
QSize(1920, 1080) )
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Rotation: 1
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Result:  0
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: XRandROutput 66 
update
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011m_connected: 0
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011m_crtc 
XRandRCrtc(0x23b05b0)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011CRTC: 63
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011MODE: 79
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Connection: 0
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Primary: true
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: RRSetCrtcConfig 
(change output)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Output: 68 ( 
"HDMI-1" )
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011CRTC: 64
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Pos: 
QPoint(420,0)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Mode: "2251" 
( QSize(1920, 1080) )
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Rotation: 2
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: #011Result: 
unknown (error)
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: 
XRandR::setConfig done!
Jun  1 21:51:07 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen: Primary output changed 
from KScreen::Output(Id: 66 , Name: "eDP-1" ) ( "eDP-1" ) to 
KScreen::Output(Id: 66 , Name: "eDP-1" ) ( "eDP-1" )
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
RRScreenChangeNotify
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Window: 
35651588
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Root: 818
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
#011Rotation:  "Rotate_0"
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Size ID: 
65535
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Size:  
1920 2580
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011SizeMM:  
480 645
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
RRNotify_CrtcChange
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011CRTC:  63
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Mode:  79
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
#011Rotation:  "Rotate_0"
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
#011Geometry:  0 1500 1920 1080
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
RRScreenChangeNotify
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Window: 
35651588
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Root: 818
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
#011Rotation:  "Rotate_0"
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Size ID: 
65535
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Size:  
1920 2580
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011SizeMM:  
480 645
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
RRNotify_CrtcChange
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011CRTC:  63
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: #011Mode:  79
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
#011Rotation:  "Rotate_0"
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xcb.helper: 
#011Geometry:  0 1500 1920 1080
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen.xrandr: Emitting 
configChanged()
Jun  1 21:51:08 foobar4 org.kde.KScreen[2197]: kscreen: Primary output changed 
from KScreen::Output(Id: 66 , Name: "eDP-1" ) ( "eDP-1" ) to 
KScreen::Output(Id: 66 , Name: "eDP-1" ) ( "eDP-1" )


Help?  Workaround?

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  16.04 kde cannot rotate screen (Dell Precision M3800 Laptop)

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