Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 249790
Compiz crashes on resolution change
Last modified: 2018-04-11 11:06:44 EDT
Description of problem: I am running a brand new Dell latitude laptop/core2duo with an intel 345 graphics controller. I i try to change the resolution when running compiz trough the gnome menu, i get a black screen with only the mouse moving and/or xorg crash, if i use xrandr, gnome panels are adapted to smaller resolutions, but the screen at large is the same - i can place, see, and use windows beneath panels... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): compiz-0.3.6-8.fc7 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.Enable desktop effects 2.Change the resolution (say, you want to use a projector that has XGA but not SXGA like the laptop display) 3.Boom Actual results: Weird behaviour Expected results: Additional info: I'm not totally shure - i just can't nail whats going on. Can't you try to reproduce this yourself?
Thanks for the bug report. We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue. Please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card? Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. Thanks in advance.
Reporter, could you please reply to the previous question? If you won't reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.
Hmm. If still interesting, I shall attach those data. However, I just noticed that if I changed the resolution via said gnome config tool, nothing at all happened (it just asked me to confirm that the display was still viewable). This was after having suspended two times.
Could we get these data, please?
I will collect and admit the data, but i really really do not have time untill next week, bogged down in exams i am.
Activating compiz, logged in-out. Switched resolution from Gnome menu. Black screen, only mouse-pointer (it changed when i moved it around the screen from pointer to text-marker). Wait 15 (?) secounds, resolution switches back by itself. Still black. Mouse pointer dissapears when i hit alt-tab. Nothing happens on desktop switch. VT switch successfull, but I only get back the black screen. Attaching Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf.
Created attachment 302515 [details] Xorg log file
Created attachment 302516 [details] xorg.conf
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