[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-11-02 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 T

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-09-03 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Hello? Any corrections for that revisions range you wanted me to bisect? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To manage notifications abou

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-27 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
This last weird effect was transient; it went away after a reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-27 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
It just got a bit weirder. I've got my custom xrandr-defined 2560×1440 resolution going. But for purposes like window placement, resizing windows, and maximising windows, the UI seems to think it's 1920×1080 or thereabouts. So if I open a whole bunch of editor windows from the shell, they all ap

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-06 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
This is getting awkward. The upper-bound version you wanted me to bisect is also missing from the Ubuntu/upstream version mapping. So even if I want to bisect upstream versions I still have the same problem. Are you sure you gave me the correct versions for bisection? Maybe you meant 3.13.0-20.4

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-05 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Thanks. Could you also update that section? It says that it applies in two situations, but it never actually lists those two situations. I *think* (but without already knowing of course I can't be sure) that it's meant to refer to a list of three headings, “BISECTING: A MERGE BASE MUST BE TESTED

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-03 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, as advised in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection#Map_Ubuntu_kernel_to_mainline_kernel_for_mainline_bisection it would be best to switch to commit bisecting the mainline kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-02 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Thanks for following up. I read most of that document, but it's difficult in places. My understanding is that what you're asking me to do is what's described under “Commit bisecting Ubuntu kernel versions,” correct? That's the only part of the main page (excluding the FAQ below) that seems to ap

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-02 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, just to advise, you asking follow up questions doesn't make this less Incomplete, or more Confirmed. Until this is bisected, it's most difficult for a developer to attend to this, let alone have this Triaged and upstreamed. Despite this, I want to confirm you have read the ent

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-07-01 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
If you don't have time to read what I wrote, or if something I wrote is not clear, just say so and I will understand. Let's not get caught in the endless Confirmed/Incomplete circle. I'll summarise what I said before, to make it easier to digest: You asked me to bisect between 3.13.0.18.38 and 3

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-28 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Read back and it will become clear. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer wor

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-26 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, instructions for commit bisecting are fully defined in the previously provided article. So, it is unclear how precisely you can't find kernel sources. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-25 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Once again: with the given instructions I can't bisect kernel commits any further. Is there another way to obtain the kernel source versions we need? Marking as Confirmed again until then, to avoid this bug timing out. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-24 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-23 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Oh, one other thing: with the older kernels I can play AssaultCube again! I couldn't really do that with the current Vivid kernels because the frame rate was too low. Reported frame rate would be around 60 fps, but it looks more like 10 fps. With these old kernels it plays smoothly. -- You rec

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-23 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Nope, the Utopic kernel branch only has 3.13.0-19.40 and 3.13.0-20.41, nothing inbetween. So, all I know is up to and including 3.13.0-19.40 it still works OK. The problem must have been introduced later than that. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You rece

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-23 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
The Precise kernel repository finished downloading, but it doesn't have 3.13.0-20.24. It has 3.13.0-19.39 and 3.13.0-20.41, nothing inbetween. Pinning my hopes on the Utopic branch... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-23 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
3.13.0-19.40 also works OK! So it broke sometime after that. I'm now trying to find 3.13.0-20.24 in one of the kernel branches from before Vivid. It's not in the Trusty branch. I can't get the Quantal, Raring, or Saucy ones, presumably because those releases are no longer supported. Downloadin

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-23 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Using the ubuntu-vivid kernel branch, 3.13.0-18.38 works OK. That branch has no tag Ubuntu-3.13.0.20.24 or Ubuntu-3.13.0-20.24. The closest tags I see are Ubuntu-3.13.0-19.40 and Ubuntu-3.13.0-20.41. I'll try 3.13.0-19.40 next. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-16 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, the next step is to fully commit bisect from kernel 3.13.0.18.38 to 3.13.0.20.24 in order to identify the last good kernel commit, followed immediately by the first bad one. This will allow for a more expedited analysis of the root cause of your issue. Could you please do this

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-16 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-4.0-rc4 needs-upstream-testing ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-4.1-rc8 needs-bisect -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title:

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-15 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Tried 4.1-rc8 as well for good measure. Still no improvement. Highest resolution offered in the System Settings is 1920×1200. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen re

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-15 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
No Tried 4.1-rc7. No change. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, could you please test the latest mainline (kernel 4.1-rc7) and advise to the results? ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-06-10 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Marking this bug as "Confirmed" to avoid timeout. It was marked Incomplete pending testing against Saucy, but as of a few months ago the results are shown above. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-05-10 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To manage notificati

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-05-10 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
After another reboot this effect seems to have gone away. So I still don't have my native resolution available by default, but at least I can get it back by defining it with xrandr. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. http

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-05-09 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Correction: that last upgrade was *from* 3.19.0-14.14, not *to* it. It was the upgrade to 3.19.0-15.15. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer work

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-05-09 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Hurray, the problem just got a little worse! After the upgrade to kernel 3.19.0-14.14, when I define my monitor's native resolution using xrandr, I get the right *resolution* but still not the right number of *pixels*. So I'm getting (as far as I can see) one logical pixel per physical pixel on t

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-28 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Well, I did some bisecting but the results are disappointing. Actually I ended up trisecting. On Saucy, kernel... 3.11.0-12 was OK. Recognised my full native resolution and enabled it by default. Wonderful. 3.11.0-13 to 3.11.0.24 inclusive were completely messed up. They booted in some ultra

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-26 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
I could temporarily swap out the hard drive and install Saucy on the spare. More after the weekend. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works T

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-26 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, working at it from a different angle, would you be able to boot into a Saucy environment, and then test the latest mainline kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-26 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Okay, I got a seemingly successful install of the last Saucy kernel. But it's not working very well: I get a super-low-res login screen, and the system doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse. (It does notice the power button, so it's not frozen). This happens both with the default boot on that kern

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-26 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Trying 13.11.0-17. There was a problem while installing linux-headers though... "fwts-efi-runtime-dkmis 15.03.00-0ubuntu1: fwts-efi-runtime- dkms kernel module failed to build." Somewhere along the way it said: run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.11.0-17-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-25 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, could you please boot into a kernel from Saucy following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection and advise if this issue is still reproducible? ** Tags added: regression-release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-19 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
The latest upstream version I found there was v4.0-rc4-vivid. It boots, but it doesn't fix the problem. ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists- upstream-4.0-rc4 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. htt

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-19 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from the very top line at the top of the page (the release names are irrelevant for testing, and please do not test the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional ups

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-18 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
The version that was installed on March 31 was 3.13.0.20.24. The version I uninstalled right after that was 3.13.0.18.38. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolut

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-12 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, which kernel version specifically was updated (i.e. from what version to what version)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-12 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
According to the dpkg.log for that date, quite a lot: libc-bin for amd64. Also gcc-4.8, gcc-4.9, along with g++, cpp, libgcc1, libstdc++6 etc, for amd64 and i386; and libitm1, libgomp1, libgfortran3, libasan0, libatomic1, libtsan0, libquadmath0, libthumbnailer0, apport, apport-gtk, python3-proble

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-11 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, could you please advise what packages were upgraded precisely on 2014-04-01 that correlates to this issue? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen re

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-11 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
No change in 15.04. I can add the resolution with xrandr, and after that I can use it. But after reboot, I have to do it again. The upgrade got stuck with a black screen and no networking, but I eventually got out of it with the "apt-get dist-upgrade" dance from the console. I hope that hasn't

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-11 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
I first upgraded to 14.10; that didn't change anything. Trying 15.04 now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no longer works To manage notifications abo

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-11 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Something happened to this bug's conversation: the message asking me to upgrade the BIOS has been removed/hidden. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300557 Title: Screen resolution no lo

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-10 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, could you please test for this via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results? ** Tags removed: bios-outdated-f7 ** Tags added: latest-bios-f7 ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Medium -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-10 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
Okay, I got out of that situation with the help of the flashrom people. My BIOS is now updated. It helped a bit in that I can now define and add my resolution again using xrandr. It won't stay added though: I need to define and add it every time I boot. Otherwise, the resolution is not in the Di

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-03-10 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
I'm trying the BIOS upgrade as per those instructions. The only applicable option was the flashrom one, which seems to have hosed my BIOS. It's still on now, but I won't be able to boot it again. Kindly mark this bug New again to give me time to recover and retry! -- You received this bug noti

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-02-16 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, as per http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product- page.aspx?pid=4519#driver an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (F7). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you ple

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2015-02-16 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Jeroen T. Vermeulen, as per http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product- page.aspx?pid=4519#driver an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (F7). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you ple

[Bug 1300557] Re: Screen resolution no longer works

2014-03-31 Thread Jeroen T. Vermeulen
** Description changed: My display's native resolution is 2560×1440 pixels. Prior to, I think, Saucy I could only reach this resolution by adding it using xrandr, and then calling xrandr on boot/login to select that resolution. The Display preferences did not show any higher options than