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Booting with laptop lid closed causes black screen

Bug #519735 reported by Paul Sladen
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Expired
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: plymouth

If the machine is booted with the up with the laptop lid screen closed (eg. turn power on, close lid, wait 2-10 minutes for boot/fsck until the login sound, open lid) then the screen is not initialised and left black/blank.

Only way out is a poweroff/reboot.

Tags: kj-expired
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

What hardware is this on?

Unfortunately I can't even attempt to reproduce this with my system here because I have crypted root so have to type in a passphrase at boot time, but I suspect this is a hardware-specific kernel problem rather than a plymouth bug.

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Robert B (robertbub) wrote :

I thought this was a plymouth problem, too, but, after removing plymouth (and cryptsetup) just this morning I encountered the dreaded blank/black screen problem.

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in plymouth (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

Sounds more like a general DRM issue, especially if it happens without Plymouth installed.

affects: plymouth (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote :

@Robert B:

Please retest on the latest kernel. The graphics drivers in 2.6.32-16 are updated and include a lid switch fix for intel graphics too. If you still see issues, please move the bug state to New. If you don't, please move the bug state to Invalid.

Thanks

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote :

@Robert B:

Also, if you still have the issue, please run 'apport-collect 519735' to attach information on your hardware and software to this bug.

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Nina Kuisma (ninnnu) wrote :

Asus Eee 900-user reporting in and confirming the bug. 2.6.32-16 didn't help. When I upgraded the packages and tested with a reboot, it seemed that X/Gnome didn't even start because I couldn't hear the startup sound.

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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote :

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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tags: added: kj-expired
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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