Bug 1413566

Summary: [xorg-x11] non-native 16:9 resolutions not supported anymore
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: David Kaspar // Dee'Kej <deekej>
Component: xorg-x11Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact:
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Version: 27CC: jrybar, mateuemiliano
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Description David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2017-01-16 12:15:18 UTC
Description of problem:
Last week I have done regular update, which installed several new (updated) xorg-x11-* packages. Today, when I logged back in into my Fedora 25 (Cinnamon spin), my laptop display was not able to display resolution I have configured it with before (1600x900). I was only able to select the native 1920x1080 (16:9) resolution. There was no other 16:9 resolution to choose from.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-libinput-0.23.0-2.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.9.0-1.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-13.2.1-1.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.34.0-1.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.19.1-1.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-1.19.1-1.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-common-1.19.1-1.fc25.x86_64
xorg-x11-xinit-1.3.4-13.fc25.x86_64

>> After running 'sudo dnf donwgrade xorg-x11-*' and rebooting, I'm again able to have my previously set resolution (1600x900) on my laptop. Ergo, one of these updated packagesc is causing the regression.

How reproducible:
Always with eligible HW.


Steps to Reproduce:
* You might need a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop for this, most likely. I'm using Lenovo T450s with integrated Intel GPU (no dedicated GPU). Get some laptop that supports 1920x1080 (native) resolution, as well as 1600x900 or some lower 16:9 resolution. Additional packages that might be necessary to reproduce this issue:
> kernel-4.8.15-200.fc24.x86_64
> lightdm-gtk-2.0.2-2.fc25.x86_64 (default display manager for Cinnamon spin)

1) Dowgrade to previous versions of packages listed above, reboot.
2) Confirm that you're able to set 1600x900 or lower 16:9 resolution.
3) Upgrade to the latest versions of packages listed above, reboot.
4) Try to set 1600x900 or lower 16.9 resolution.

Actual results:
Only 16:9 resolution you can set is 1920x1080 (native).

Expected results:
You can set other 16:9 resolutions, which are supported by the display of laptop.

Additional info:
 * With the latest packages, not even 'xrandr --query' displays the supported resolutions of my laptop display.
 * This is not something trivial for it to be ignored, because there are many situations where I (and I believe many other users too) just can't use only the highest supported resolution.

Comment 1 Fedora End Of Life 2017-11-16 19:51:56 UTC
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Comment 2 Jan Rybar 2017-11-27 15:47:38 UTC
Still happening on Fedora 27 (Workstation, Gnome Shell).
Exactly the same issue on Lenovo ThinkPad T450s.

$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
   1920x1080     60.02*+
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1024x768      60.04    60.00  
   960x720       60.00  
   928x696       60.05  
   896x672       60.01  
   800x600       60.00    60.32    56.25  
   700x525       59.98  
   640x512       60.02  
   640x480       60.00    59.94  
   512x384       60.00  
   400x300       60.32    56.34  
   320x240       60.05

Comment 3 Jan Rybar 2018-01-10 10:52:40 UTC
I still haven't found any workaround.
The solution David proposed is not possible because there's nowhere to downgrade on Fedora 27.

The problem still persists and renders multi-display workspace useless (text unreadable, really hurts my eyes).

Any other laptop models affected?

Comment 4 David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2018-01-10 14:37:01 UTC
(In reply to Jan Rybar from comment #3)
> The problem still persists and renders multi-display workspace useless (text
> unreadable, really hurts my eyes).
> 
> Any other laptop models affected?

Hmm, this BZ has been here for a while, and nobody is responding to it. Maybe we should try Fedora's devel mailing list. We might have more success there.

Comment 5 Emiliano 2018-02-28 04:45:43 UTC
Same issue here.
 
The only 16:9 resolution available is the native (3200x1800), then it just list all 4:3 options.

Fedora 27 - 4.15.4-300.fc27.x86_64
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
Asus UX303L

Comment 6 David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2018-02-28 09:22:20 UTC
Could you please try this with the F28 Rawhide Life DVD? We could change this to F28 if the problem persists there as well, and propose it as a blocker for F28 release.

Comment 7 Emiliano 2018-02-28 14:44:12 UTC
The Live DVD will use Wayland by default, right? Is there any way to switch to xorg in Live mode?

Comment 8 David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2018-02-28 15:10:32 UTC
AFAIK, if you would download the Cinnamon Spin Live DVD, it should still use the  xorg for it... :)

Comment 9 Emiliano 2018-02-28 22:54:29 UTC
No lucky, Fedora-Cinnamon-Live-x86_64-Rawhide-20180220.n.0.iso didn't boot X server :/

Comment 10 Ben Cotton 2018-11-27 16:50:41 UTC
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On 2018-Nov-30  Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for
Fedora 27. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases
that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as
EOL if it remains open with a Fedora  'version' of '27'.

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plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

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able to fix it before Fedora 27 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 11 Ben Cotton 2018-11-30 20:07:52 UTC
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