Adam Carter, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. To see if this is already resolved in Ubuntu, could you please test for this via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?
** Tags added: latest-bios-a05 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507073 Title: Display goes black at random times Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Frequently using Ubuntu 15.04 my display blacks out. It occurs at seemingly random times, many times back to back. I'm getting the following messages in syslog each time it happens. pci_bus 0000:01: Allocating resources pci_bus 0000:02: Allocating resources i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment pci_bus 0000:01: Allocating resources pci_bus 0000:02: Allocating resources i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment pci_bus 0000:01: Allocating resources pci_bus 0000:02: Allocating resources i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: BAR 6: [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x2] has bogus alignment I can restore my display by either closing my laptops lid and reopen, or by running xset dpms force off xset dpms force on ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5 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 Date: Fri Oct 16 18:27:00 2015 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: vivid DistroVariant: ubuntu EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0665] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-14 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9343 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=edec3894-6c89-4414-9a20-8d4804f4a27e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev' UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/14/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A05 dmi.board.name: 0TM99H dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd07/14/2015:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139343:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TM99H:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9343 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.04.20150410.1-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.5.9-2ubuntu1~vivid2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu2build1 xserver.bootTime: Fri Oct 16 09:32:33 2015 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 19 xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 5153 vendor SHP xserver.version: 2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1507073/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp