X won't start on Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Lenovo X230)

[Thomas Lübking]

Am 26.07.2012, 19:15 Uhr, schrieb Steve Ramage <ubuntu at sjrx.net>:

> I have a problem with getting X to start on a Lenovo X230 running  
> Kubuntu 12.04.
> ...
> There are a bunch of issues I'm having with my new Lenovo X230 laptop  
> (with multiple monitors).

Stock 12.04 ships  a broken libXrandr [1]
Despite the bug is about NX we got similar crash reports on local Xorg  
connections

I don't know what is broken there, but it -afaics- affects that version of  
Ubuntu *only*

Try downgrading libXrandr or another (live-)distro on the issue.

Cheers,
Thomas

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libx11/+bug/985202

  Basically getting the multiple monitors
> enabled in the desired configuration (DVI output left of VGA output,  
> laptop display off), is very finicky, and actually involves about 5  
> changes to get it to work. That said I thought I would start small and  
> go with the first issue, and that is that I can't start X with anything  
> hooked into the mini DisplayPort
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> Please see the attached log files (with xdiagnose enabled). It seems kdm  
> keeps trying to start at 8 seconds, and again then around 24 seconds,  
> then I unplug the display port connector and X starts. Additionally I've  
> tried both mini Display Port -> VGA and mini Display Port - DVI and both  
> do this.
>   
> Thank you,
>   
> Steve Ramage
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> Syslog: http://pastebin.com/RmdkvQvR
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> Xorg: http://pastebin.com/QcqP86sR
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> dmesg: http://pastebin.com/hiqzRWU9
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> lshw:http://pastebin.com/rg2abKTJ
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