Bug#769569: [gnome-control-center] Connect/Disconnect to dual monitor setup restarts GNOME

[Adnan Hodzic]

Hey intrigeri,

> Hi Adnan,
>
>> Adnan Hodzic wrote (14 Nov 2014 15:09:44 GMT) :
>> However, every time I disconnect computer from the docking station, my
>> gnome session will be restarted.

>Can you reproduce this with another desktop environment?
>(Preferably one that also uses OpenGL.)

Sorry, can't do this at this point.

>> Please be inform that during the disconnect from docking station,
>> it's also common for whole system to freeze up and only option being
>> to do a hard restart. i.e:
>> https://hodzic.org/img/dualmonitor_disconnect_error.jpg
>
>Looks like a kernel or X bug, rather than a GNOME one => same question
>as above.

I have a similar opinion, if you're sure which one of those it is please
feel free to forward this bug to the right address.

>It would be good to have the output of `sudo journalctl' for these two
>failing modes.

Here they are, couple of cases.

1st - System cold boot while connected to the docking station:

https://hodzic.org/img/1st-case-dual-monitor.txt

2nd - System suspended/Wake-up connected to docking station:

https://hodzic.org/img/2nd-case-dual-monitor.txt

3rd - System suspended, disconnected from docking station and waking up
disconnected:

https://hodzic.org/img/3rd-case-dual-monitor.txt

>> If computer was on without being connected to docking station, once
>> connected dual monitor setup won't be detected. It will only be detected
if
>> I restart my GNOME session or log out/log in.
>> https://hodzic.org/img/dualmonitor2.png
>
>That may be a different bug.

As previously noted, feel free to forward this bug to a correct address.


Adnan

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 3:51 PM, intrigeri <intrigeri at debian.org> wrote:

> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
>
> Hi Adnan,
>
> Adnan Hodzic wrote (14 Nov 2014 15:09:44 GMT) :
> > However, every time I disconnect computer from the docking station, my
> > gnome session will be restarted.
>
> Can you reproduce this with another desktop environment?
> (Preferably one that also uses OpenGL.)
>
> > Please be inform that during the disconnect from docking station,
> > it's also common for whole system to freeze up and only option being
> > to do a hard restart. i.e:
> > https://hodzic.org/img/dualmonitor_disconnect_error.jpg
>
> Looks like a kernel or X bug, rather than a GNOME one => same question
> as above.
>
> It would be good to have the output of `sudo journalctl' for these two
> failing modes.
>
> > If computer was on without being connected to docking station, once
> > connected dual monitor setup won't be detected. It will only be detected
> if
> > I restart my GNOME session or log out/log in.
> > https://hodzic.org/img/dualmonitor2.png
>
> That may be a different bug.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> intrigeri
>
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