[Bug 1463140] [NEW] why is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf continually being removed?
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Mon Jun 8 18:52:14 UTC 2015
Public bug reported:
Please could anyone suggest how to prevent whatever ubuntu 14.04.2 x86_64 upgrade / drivers package is removing
my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file from removing it, or what this component might be .
Everytime this happens, which appears to be triggered by the periodic package management update check ,
I lose my second monitor, and have to reboot .
My system is a fully up-to-date ubuntu 14.04.2 x86_64 8-core Haswell
system with 16GB RAM and a 1TB hard disk.
The applications which were displaying on my second monitor remain running, but as I can never
access the screen on which they were displayed until rebooting, this problem has resulted in
me losing some work in those applications before I could save what I was working on.
This problem started happening a few weeks ago with an xorg system related upgrade - but would
it be the xserver or some driver's package scripts that are doing this ?
There is nothing in the syslog about replacement of xorg.conf . This
fact in itself is a bug .
I have maintained this xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf , and I have a link to it as
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/000-screens.conf :
{quote}
{noformat}
<pre>
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Jason's Multi-Monitor XDisplay Configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "Primary" "true"
Option "LeftOf" "DVI-1"
Modeline "1920x1080 at 60.0" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "RightOf" "DVI-0"
ModeLine "1600x1200 at 60.0" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# Modeline "1280x1024 at 60.0" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "Monitor-DVI-0" "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "Monitor-DVI-1" "Monitor1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
</pre>
{noformat}
{quote}
What could be so objectionable about this file to which Ubuntu component's package scripts ?
Anyway, when it happens, the only way to regain my second screen is to
reboot .
What a time waster !
At least the xorg.conf is backed up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.MMDDYYYY .
But it a pain to have to reboot to regain the second screen , especially as your
boot scripts are unable to fsck the root filesystem , and so each time I reboot
I must go into recovery mode, fsck the filesystems, and poweroff, because if I don't
poweroff after rebooting into recovery mode, I get X-windows. Gee, what a "trusty" operating system!
I have done, as root:
$ chmod a-w /etc/X11/ /etc/X11/*
meaning that even the root user can't remove files in
that directory without being prompted, but still something is removing
that file.
Does anyone have any idea what virus-like entity might be removing my
file ?
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Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
why is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf continually being removed?
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
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Bug description:
Please could anyone suggest how to prevent whatever ubuntu 14.04.2 x86_64 upgrade / drivers package is removing
my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file from removing it, or what this component might be .
Everytime this happens, which appears to be triggered by the periodic package management update check ,
I lose my second monitor, and have to reboot .
My system is a fully up-to-date ubuntu 14.04.2 x86_64 8-core Haswell
system with 16GB RAM and a 1TB hard disk.
The applications which were displaying on my second monitor remain running, but as I can never
access the screen on which they were displayed until rebooting, this problem has resulted in
me losing some work in those applications before I could save what I was working on.
This problem started happening a few weeks ago with an xorg system related upgrade - but would
it be the xserver or some driver's package scripts that are doing this ?
There is nothing in the syslog about replacement of xorg.conf . This
fact in itself is a bug .
I have maintained this xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf , and I have a link to it as
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/000-screens.conf :
{quote}
{noformat}
<pre>
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Jason's Multi-Monitor XDisplay Configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "Primary" "true"
Option "LeftOf" "DVI-1"
Modeline "1920x1080 at 60.0" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "RightOf" "DVI-0"
ModeLine "1600x1200 at 60.0" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
# Modeline "1280x1024 at 60.0" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "Monitor-DVI-0" "Monitor0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "Monitor-DVI-1" "Monitor1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
</pre>
{noformat}
{quote}
What could be so objectionable about this file to which Ubuntu component's package scripts ?
Anyway, when it happens, the only way to regain my second screen is to
reboot .
What a time waster !
At least the xorg.conf is backed up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.MMDDYYYY .
But it a pain to have to reboot to regain the second screen , especially as your
boot scripts are unable to fsck the root filesystem , and so each time I reboot
I must go into recovery mode, fsck the filesystems, and poweroff, because if I don't
poweroff after rebooting into recovery mode, I get X-windows. Gee, what a "trusty" operating system!
I have done, as root:
$ chmod a-w /etc/X11/ /etc/X11/*
meaning that even the root user can't remove files in
that directory without being prompted, but still something is removing
that file.
Does anyone have any idea what virus-like entity might be removing my
file ?
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