On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Dave Johansen <davejohansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Dave Johansen <davejohansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I posted about this issue on the devel list and it was recommended > > that I try here. That conversation can be found at: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-July/185305.html > > > > Here's a description of the issue: > > > > I have a ThinkPad T60 that I recently upgraded to Fedora 19 from > > CentOS 6. With CentOS 6, I could connect to the dock with an extra > > monitor connected to the VGA port just fine, but with Fedora 19 it has > > issues. > > > > It used to crash when I connected it to the dock with the monitor connected: > > https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf/reports/142339/ > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982442 > > > > I've updated using yum and now it doesn't crash, but I can't start any > > programs. When I click on a program icon to launch it, nothing > > happens. > > > > Based on feedback on the devel list, I tried the following: > > > > The keyboard works and I can hit Ctrl-Alt-F2 and then login and run > > commands on the console. I also tried creating a new account and it > > has the same issue. I also tried pressing the Windows Key and the > > Activities Overview doesn't pop up like it's supposed to and the only > > thing that I can get to do anything is right clicking on the desktop > > and then about a minute later the setting context menu will pop up. > > > > What can I do to help diagnose this issue and hopefully fix it? > > I took a look in /var/log/messages and saw these two outputs right > after connecting to the dock with second monitor connected: > Jul 16 19:35:15 JohansenDev /etc/gdm/Xsession[1241]: > (gnome-settings-daemon:1425): GnomeDesktop-CRITICAL **: > gnome_rr_output_info_get_geometry: assertion `GNOME_IS_RR_OUTPUT_INFO > (self)' failed > Jul 16 19:35:15 JohansenDev /etc/gdm/Xsession[1241]: > (gnome-settings-daemon:1425): GnomeDesktop-CRITICAL **: > gnome_rr_output_info_get_geometry: assertion `GNOME_IS_RR_OUTPUT_INFO > (self)' failed > > Are there any other logs I can take a look at? Or anything else I can > do to help diagnose the cause of this issue? > > Thanks, > Dave https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2013-July/msg00045.html I found out from the above conversation on the gnome mailing list that the issue is with how X/gnome_shell handles the texture allocation and it not playing nice with the limitations of Intel gen3 video hardware: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699705 I haven't been able to get any response there, so I was hoping that maybe someone on here could help. It appears that the per-crtc pixmaps have been added, but is that functionality not being used by X/gnome_shell yet? Or is there some way I have to manually turn that on? Thanks, Dave -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
