X session turns white after display is turned back on

X session turns white after display is turned back on

[Natarajan Murugaiyan]

I am using cygwin on a Dell windows 7 laptop, running X windows
through startx command with fvwm2 window manager.

The laptop display gets turned off after a period of inactivity. When
I log back in, the X
session and all clients inside  it are white. I have no problems with
the X session prior
to when display got turned off.


tail of /var/log/Xwin/XWin.0.log:
    [ 19432.919] winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and
successfully opened the display.
    [ 19506.037] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
height: 0 new bpp: 0
    [ 19603.148] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
height: 0 new bpp: 0
    [ 19682.599] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
height: 0 new bpp: 0
    [ 19682.599] winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Could not create
primary surface: 8876024e

Ran cygwin setup to update laptop to latest version of cygwin. Problem
is present after cygwin update.
Versions of X11 related packages:
  fvwm                            2.5.21-1
  xfig                            3.2.5b-2
  xfig-lib                        3.2.5b-2
  xorg-cf-files                   1.0.3-1
  xorg-docs                       1.5-1
  xorg-scripts                    1.0.1-1
  xorg-server                     1.9.4-1
  xorg-server-dmx                 1.9.4-1
  xorg-sgml-doctools              1.5-1
  xorg-util-macros                1.10.0-1
  xorg-x11-bin-dlls               7.4-1

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Re: X session turns white after display is turned back on

[Jon TURNEY]

On 06/03/2011 14:06, Natarajan Murugaiyan wrote:
> I am using cygwin on a Dell windows 7 laptop, running X windows
> through startx command with fvwm2 window manager.
> 
> The laptop display gets turned off after a period of inactivity. When
> I log back in, the X
> session and all clients inside  it are white. I have no problems with
> the X session prior
> to when display got turned off.
> 
> 
> tail of /var/log/Xwin/XWin.0.log:
>     [ 19432.919] winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and
> successfully opened the display.
>     [ 19506.037] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
> height: 0 new bpp: 0
>     [ 19603.148] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
> height: 0 new bpp: 0
>     [ 19682.599] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
> height: 0 new bpp: 0
>     [ 19682.599] winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Could not create
> primary surface: 8876024e

This is DDERR_UNSUPPORTEDMODE, which doesn't make a great deal of sense.

I'd suggest the first thing you try is updating the Windows display drivers.

> Ran cygwin setup to update laptop to latest version of cygwin. Problem
> is present after cygwin update.

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Re: X session turns white after display is turned back on

[Natarajan Murugaiyan]

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> wrote:
> On 06/03/2011 14:06, Natarajan Murugaiyan wrote:
>> I am using cygwin on a Dell windows 7 laptop, running X windows
>> through startx command with fvwm2 window manager.
>>
>> The laptop display gets turned off after a period of inactivity. When
>> I log back in, the X
>> session and all clients inside  it are white. I have no problems with
>> the X session prior
>> to when display got turned off.
>>
>>
>> tail of /var/log/Xwin/XWin.0.log:
>>     [ 19432.919] winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and
>> successfully opened the display.
>>     [ 19506.037] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
>> height: 0 new bpp: 0
>>     [ 19603.148] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
>> height: 0 new bpp: 0
>>     [ 19682.599] winWindowProc - WM_DISPLAYCHANGE - new width: 0 new
>> height: 0 new bpp: 0
>>     [ 19682.599] winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Could not create
>> primary surface: 8876024e
>
> This is DDERR_UNSUPPORTEDMODE, which doesn't make a great deal of sense.
>
> I'd suggest the first thing you try is updating the Windows display drivers.
>

Went into Device Manager and tried to update device drivers for
    Display Adapters / Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Monitors / Generic PnP Monitor
and got response that
     The best driver software for your device is already installed

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Re: X session turns white after display is turned back on

[Jon TURNEY]

On 07/03/2011 12:52, Natarajan Murugaiyan wrote:
>>>     [ 19682.599] winCreatePrimarySurfaceShadowDDNL - Could not create
>>> primary surface: 8876024e
>>
>> This is DDERR_UNSUPPORTEDMODE, which doesn't make a great deal of sense.
>>
>> I'd suggest the first thing you try is updating the Windows display drivers.
> 
> Went into Device Manager and tried to update device drivers for
>     Display Adapters / Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
>     Monitors / Generic PnP Monitor
> and got response that
>      The best driver software for your device is already installed

I'm afraid that doesn't mean much.

It doesn't even tell me the actual version number of the driver you are using,
as you didn't mention what version of windows you are using.

You should check the manufacturer's web site for their latest version.

I don't have access to this type of display hardware, so there isn't much I
can do to reproduce the problem.

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