Bug 251554

Summary: Powertop switches LCD monitor off and on at each refresh
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood>
Component: powertopAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 7CC: arjan, jwboyer, triage
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Description Jonathan Underwood 2007-08-09 18:29:38 UTC
Description of problem:
I have a Dell XPSM1210 laptop. Running powertop with an external LCD screen
attached and the internal (LVDS) screen off results in the external monitor
being switched on and off at each refresh of powertop. This is using the xorg
intel driver. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
powertop-1.7-3.fc7

Will attach lspci output separately. Note:

# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 338mm x 270mm
   1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0  
   832x624        74.6  
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
   640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
LVDS connected (normal left inverted right)
   1280x800       60.0 +   60.0  
   1280x768       60.0  
   1280x720       60.0  
   1024x768       60.0  
   800x600        60.3  
   640x480        59.9  
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right)

Comment 1 Jonathan Underwood 2007-08-09 18:30:45 UTC
Created attachment 160998 [details]
Output of lspci -vv

lspci output with external monitor connected

Comment 2 Jonathan Underwood 2007-08-09 18:32:50 UTC
Created attachment 160999 [details]
xorg.conf for this machine

Comment 3 Jonathan Underwood 2007-08-09 18:36:57 UTC
Created attachment 161002 [details]
gzipped Xorg log for this machine

Comment 4 Jonathan Underwood 2007-08-09 18:38:40 UTC
xrandr --verbose
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1280
VGA connected 1280x1024+0+0 normal (normal left inverted right) 338mm x 270mm
        Identifier: 0x5c
        Timestamp:  1243730313
        Subpixel:   unknown
        Clones:     
        CRTC:       0
        CRTCs:      0 1
        EDID_DATA:
                00ffffffffffff00047246ad6450d85f
                2d10010308221b78e8dc55a359489e24
                115054bfef0001010101010101010101
                010101010101302a009851002a403070
                1300520e1100001e000000fd00384b1e
                530e000a202020202020000000ff004c
                37373043313339343030310a000000fc
                00414c313731370a20202020202000af
  1280x1024 (0x5f)  108.0MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1328 end 1440 total 1688 skew    0 clock   64.0KHz
        v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066           clock   60.0Hz
  1280x1024 (0x60)  135.0MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1296 end 1440 total 1688 skew    0 clock   80.0KHz
        v: height 1024 start 1025 end 1028 total 1066           clock   75.0Hz
  1024x768 (0x61)   78.8MHz
        h: width  1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew    0 clock   60.1KHz
        v: height  768 start  769 end  772 total  800           clock   75.1Hz
  1024x768 (0x62)   75.0MHz
        h: width  1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew    0 clock   56.5KHz
        v: height  768 start  771 end  777 total  806           clock   70.1Hz
  1024x768 (0x63)   65.0MHz
        h: width  1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew    0 clock   48.4KHz
        v: height  768 start  771 end  777 total  806           clock   60.0Hz
  832x624 (0x64)   57.3MHz
        h: width   832 start  864 end  928 total 1152 skew    0 clock   49.7KHz
        v: height  624 start  625 end  628 total  667           clock   74.6Hz
  800x600 (0x65)   50.0MHz
        h: width   800 start  856 end  976 total 1040 skew    0 clock   48.1KHz
        v: height  600 start  637 end  643 total  666           clock   72.2Hz
  800x600 (0x66)   49.5MHz
        h: width   800 start  816 end  896 total 1056 skew    0 clock   46.9KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  604 total  625           clock   75.0Hz
  800x600 (0x67)   40.0MHz
        h: width   800 start  840 end  968 total 1056 skew    0 clock   37.9KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  605 total  628           clock   60.3Hz
  800x600 (0x68)   36.0MHz
        h: width   800 start  824 end  896 total 1024 skew    0 clock   35.2KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  603 total  625           clock   56.2Hz
  640x480 (0x69)   31.5MHz
        h: width   640 start  656 end  720 total  840 skew    0 clock   37.5KHz
        v: height  480 start  481 end  484 total  500           clock   75.0Hz
  640x480 (0x6a)   31.5MHz
        h: width   640 start  664 end  704 total  832 skew    0 clock   37.9KHz
        v: height  480 start  489 end  491 total  520           clock   72.8Hz
  640x480 (0x6b)   30.2MHz
        h: width   640 start  704 end  768 total  864 skew    0 clock   35.0KHz
        v: height  480 start  483 end  486 total  525           clock   66.7Hz
  640x480 (0x6c)   25.2MHz
        h: width   640 start  656 end  752 total  800 skew    0 clock   31.5KHz
        v: height  480 start  490 end  492 total  525           clock   60.0Hz
  720x400 (0x6d)   28.3MHz
        h: width   720 start  738 end  846 total  900 skew    0 clock   31.5KHz
        v: height  400 start  412 end  414 total  449           clock   70.1Hz
LVDS connected (normal left inverted right)
        Identifier: 0x5d
        Timestamp:  1243730313
        Subpixel:   horizontal rgb
        Clones:     
        CRTCs:      1
        EDID_DATA:
                00ffffffffffff003064e35837383732
                34100103801a10780a87ae99574f8c26
                22505400000001010101010101010101
                010101010101901a0080502005301030
                120005a3100000180000000000000000
                00000000000000000000000000fe0054
                4d333135a031323145585044000000fe
                002939444d6d8fb0f101010a20200087
        BACKLIGHT: 255 (0xfefefeff) range:  (0,255)
  1280x800 (0x6e)   68.0MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1296 end 1344 total 1408 skew    0 clock   48.3KHz
        v: height  800 start  801 end  803 total  805           clock   60.0Hz
  1280x800 (0x6f)   83.5MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1344 end 1480 total 1680 skew    0 clock   49.7KHz
        v: height  800 start  801 end  804 total  828           clock   60.0Hz
  1280x768 (0x70)   80.1MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1344 end 1480 total 1680 skew    0 clock   47.7KHz
        v: height  768 start  769 end  772 total  795           clock   60.0Hz
  1280x720 (0x71)   74.5MHz
        h: width  1280 start 1336 end 1472 total 1664 skew    0 clock   44.8KHz
        v: height  720 start  721 end  724 total  746           clock   60.0Hz
  1024x768 (0x63)   65.0MHz
        h: width  1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew    0 clock   48.4KHz
        v: height  768 start  771 end  777 total  806           clock   60.0Hz
  800x600 (0x67)   40.0MHz
        h: width   800 start  840 end  968 total 1056 skew    0 clock   37.9KHz
        v: height  600 start  601 end  605 total  628           clock   60.3Hz
  640x480 (0x72)   25.2MHz
        h: width   640 start  656 end  752 total  800 skew    0 clock   31.5KHz
        v: height  480 start  490 end  492 total  525           clock   59.9Hz
TV disconnected (normal left inverted right)
        Identifier: 0x5e
        Timestamp:  1243730313
        Subpixel:   unknown
        Clones:     
        CRTCs:      0 1
        BOTTOM: 37 (0xfefefeff) range:  (0,100)
        RIGHT: 46 (0xfefefeff) range:  (0,100)
        TOP: 36 (0xfefefeff) range:  (0,100)
        LEFT: 54 (0xfefefeff) range:  (0,100)
                TV_FORMAT: ????


Comment 5 Jonathan Underwood 2007-08-09 20:40:04 UTC
I should have added that with both the LVDS and external monitor on, ONLY the
external monitor is switched on and off at each refresh - the LVDS stays on
thru'out.

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Comment 7 Jonathan Underwood 2008-05-14 14:27:13 UTC
This seems to be fixed in F-8, closing.