Bug#625806: kernel erroneously reports continuous changes in the connected displays

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 625806 linux-2.6/2.6.38-1
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Hi Paolo,

Paolo Scarabelli wrote:

> gnome-settings-daemon sometimes crashes after login, it happens all the
> times with kernel 3.6.37 and sometimes in 3.6.38. It also occasionally
> (rarely) happened with early releases of kernel 2.6.32.
>
> After login, the screens starts flickering while the desktop geometry
> (as seen in Workspace Switcher) changes continuously, from about a 2x3
> to a 2x4 rectangle. Something like xinerama with an external monitor.

Odd.

Sorry for the long quiet.  Can you reproduce it (the geometry flickering,
not the crash) with a current squeeze or sid kernel?  If so, please attach
/var/log/Xorg.0.log and "dmesg" output after reproducing it.  Either
way, please attach full "dmesg" output from booting up, so we can get
to know your setup a little better.

Thanks for reporting, and hope that helps.

Sincerely,
Jonathan