Public bug reported: I am experiencing serious issues after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10 (coming from 17.04 with Gnome, kernel 4.13).
I have 2 x 4K (Asus PB279Q) monitors, connected to a Lenovo Ultra Dock (containing 2 x Displayport via MST), where the Lenovo T550 is connected onto it. Both monitors were working perfectly fine at 30Hz simultaneously in an extended desktop, 4K resolution in my old setup with Gnome for over half a year (since kernel 4.10 blink issues on 4K were solved, i used this setup since then). However after upgrading to 17.10 using the new Gnome interface: When the laptop is connected to the Lenovo Ultra Dock (to work on both monitors), the system is hanging and becoming unresponsive. The mouse pointer is freezing and the only way is to do a hard-reboot. I have checked the monitor settings, it's displayed at 60Hz when active, and it appears I am never able to use both monitors simultaneously. When I get 1 monitor working (disconnecting the 2nd monitor from the MST port), after rebooting it works fine. I tried to put settings of the 4K manually on 30Hz, reconnecting, but the system hangs again. I have tried several combinations. It results in a blank (purple) screen and hanging mouse (see attachment). I tried also with the installation-iso to run a fresh 17.10 and tried the same, the symptoms are similar. I suspect that must be an issue with the Displayport MST on dual 4K setups in the new 17.10. When I connect 1 x 4K monitor to the rear displayport of the Lenovo Ultra Dock (there are 2 for MST on the rear, so I disconnected the other) *and* when I connect the other 4K monitor on the separate displayport of the T550 itself instead, it works 100% fine! Shortly: based on my knowledge that must definitely be some issue with the MST displayport functionality itself, that is unable to recognize/identify both 4K monitors when connected to the dock's both displayport connections? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 Uname: Linux 4.13.4-041304-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Oct 20 21:10:50 2017 DistUpgraded: 2017-10-19 21:54:53,162 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading DistroCodename: artful DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need to know a workaround GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo HD Graphics 5500 [17aa:2225] Subsystem: Lenovo GM108M [GeForce 940M] [17aa:2225] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-16 (186 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) MachineType: LENOVO 20CKCTO1WW ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.4-041304-generic root=UUID=9fcc7f4c-35c0-4297-9c98-4dac9acee798 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: N11ET42W (1.18 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 20CKCTO1WW dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: SDK0E50512 STD dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN11ET42W(1.18):bd09/13/2017:svnLENOVO:pn20CKCTO1WW:pvrThinkPadT550:rvnLENOVO:rn20CKCTO1WW:rvrSDK0E50512STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.family: ThinkPad T550 dmi.product.name: 20CKCTO1WW dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T550 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 xserver.bootTime: Mon Apr 17 17:36:46 2017 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1 xserver.video_driver: modeset ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful ubuntu wayland-session ** Attachment added: "Hanging during boot, when both monitors are connected" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725455/+attachment/4980053/+files/IMG_4311.jpg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725455 Title: Dual 4K monitor via Displayport MST not working (Lenovo Ultra Dock) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1725455/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp