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lmat

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xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

I am using a dell laptop. I connect to a dock that has two monitors connected via DVI. Yesterday (and for years hence), I have been able to use the two docked monitors with minimal problems. Yesterday I ran pacman -Syu; and today, after restarting, I get:

Script started on 2018-05-23 09:50:52-04:00
~/.screenlayout$ lspci | \grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Venus XTX [Radeon HD 8890M / R9 M275X/M375X] (rev 83)
~/.screenlayout$ pacman -Q | \grep mesa
lib32-mesa 18.0.4-1
mesa 18.0.4-1
~/.screenlayout$ xrandr --output eDP-1 --off \
>     --output eDP-1-2 --off \
>     --output HDMI-3 --off \
>     --output HDMI-2 --off \
>     --output HDMI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal \
>     --output DP-1-6 --off \
>     --output DP-1-5 --off \
>     --output DP-1-4 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1920x0 --rotate normal \
>     --output DP-3 --off \
>     --output DP-2 --off \
>     --output DP-1 --off \
>     --output VGA-1-1 --off
xrandr: Configure crtc 3 failed
~/.screenlayout$ xrandr --verbose | \grep DP-1-4 -A 42

DP-1-4 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
	Identifier: 0x46
	Timestamp:  1898669
	Subpixel:   horizontal rgb
	Clones:    
	CRTCs:      3 4 5 6 7 8
	Transform:  1.000000 0.000000 0.000000
	            0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
	            0.000000 0.000000 1.000000
	           filter: 
	EDID: 
		00ffffffffffff004c2d4d064e51315a
		1315010380351e782a6041a6564a9c25
		125054bfef80714f8100814081809500
		950fa940b300023a801871382d40582c
		4500132b2100001e000000fd00384b1e
		5111000a202020202020000000fc0053
		4d4232343330480a20202020000000ff
		0048434b423530313439330a20200001
	PRIME Synchronization: 1 
		supported: 0, 1
	output_csc: bypass 
		supported: bypass, tvrgb, ycbcr601, ycbcr709
	audio: auto 
		supported: off, on, auto
	scaling mode: None 
		supported: None, Full, Center, Full aspect
	dither: off 
		supported: off, on
	underscan vborder: 0 
		range: (0, 128)
	underscan hborder: 0 
		range: (0, 128)
	underscan: off 
		supported: off, on, auto
	coherent: 1 
		range: (0, 1)
	link-status: Good 
		supported: Good, Bad
	CONNECTOR_ID: 52 
		supported: 52
	non-desktop: 0 
		supported: 0, 1
~/.screenlayout$ exit
exit

Script done on 2018-05-23 09:52:12-04:00

I have also tried using --crtc 4 through 8, and the problem was the same with the error message corresponding to the number I provided.

I have seen this problem before in the following scenario: use the computer docked successfully, undock, reconfigure to use only the built-in laptop monitor, dock again. After that sequence of events, I have often experienced "Configure crtc 3 failed", and couldn't figure out how to address it short of restarting the machine. Today is the first time that restarting the machine doesn't help.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

xrandr -q docked and undocked please, also xorg log from an undocked and docked start.

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lmat

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Thanks for the reply. Here's the information requested in your first comment; let me know if anything else would be helpful.

Docked xrandr: https://ptpb.pw/ZOUJ
Undocked xrandr: https://ptpb.pw/l38p
Docked Xorg: https://ptpb.pw/PQ17
Undocked Xorg: https://ptpb.pw/BTeA

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

lspci -nnk output to be sure what card you have.

Check pacman.log, did the update include xorg-server 1.20 ?

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lmat

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

lspci -nnk; is https://ptpb.pw/fC82
pacman.log says

[2018-05-22 09:35] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server (1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 -> 1.20.0-2)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Has the update to xorg-server 1.20.0-5 brought an improvement ?

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squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Hi, just to mention that I have a similar problem.

Used to work without problem, and since an update around end of may : I need to reboot to have dual display work again. (I mean : once it worls, if I unplug, I won't be able to have monitors work again after I plug them back).

Dell laptop with intel i915

'dock' is made through usb-c adaptor

xrandr --verbose is not helpful in my case :

xrandr --verbose --output eDP-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --output DP-1 --pos 0x-1080 --mode 1920x1080
screen 0: 1920x2160 508x572 mm  95.92dpi
crtc 0:    1920x1080  59.93 +0+1080 "eDP-1"
crtc 1:    1920x1080  60.00 +0+0 "DP-1"
xrandr: Configure crtc 1 failed
crtc 0: disable
crtc 1: disable
crtc 2: disable
screen 0: revert
crtc 0: revert
crtc 1: revert
crtc 2: revert

One interesting thing is : using gnome-3 "display" utility (in configuration center), I can switch from one monitor to the other, but no dual display.

I cannot perform the same thing with xrandr.

No idea what other logs I could look at.

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Also, note that I did just revert my kernel to 4.16.8-1, which dates back to mid-May
(since i915 drivers are inside kernel, ... at least I guess)

I'll keep this thread updated in case it makes things better.

A first attempt at plug / unplug / replug / unplug / replug / uplug-> sleep -> wake -> plug :  ... apparently it works. I'll have to test my Office dock and back to home dock before reaching any conclusion though.

https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/201 … os/x86_64/

Last edited by squalou (2018-06-04 20:26:25)

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

So far ... so good, sadly enough.
If it's kernel related it will prbably be hard to bugfix.

Potential culprits could maybe in this revision :
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel … Log-4.16.9

commit b554e152bd1b8c65e49c61906a845340703d065b
Author: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Date:   Wed May 2 10:52:55 2018 -0700

    drm/i915: Adjust eDP's logical vco in a reliable place.

commit b7b575c4f6f135cd71351b4f7986b0e68a09aeb7
Author: Florent Flament <contact@florentflament.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 19 19:07:00 2018 +0300

    drm/i915: Fix drm:intel_enable_lvds ERROR message in kernel log

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Damn it !
failing again after changing from an ub-c connector to another

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Ok, ... sorry for all this noise ... ot kernel related after all. Even the 4.14 lts has the same symptoms.

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Trying wayland as a workaround

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

in my case, wayland works best. My case is : USB-C kind of adapters / dock stations. Works much better than xorg. No need to tweak with xrandr anymore.

There are other limitations due to wayland itlsef but nothing blocking in my personnal case.

squalou

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

And finally ... I couldn't cope with wayland appearing 'sluggish'
So I ended up downgrading xorg-server to 1.19 and ... the world is perfect again

Here's what I did :

sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/x/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.19.6%2B13%2Bgd0d1a694f-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

warning: downgrading package xorg-server (1.20.0-7 => 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-fbdev are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-fbdev? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-intel are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-intel? [y/N] y
:: xorg-server and xf86-video-vesa are in conflict. Remove xf86-video-vesa? [y/N] y



sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/x/xf86-video-vesa/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.4-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/x/xf86-video-intel/xf86-video-intel-1%3A2.99.917%2B818%2Bgaf36a4ab-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/x/xf86-video-fbdev/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4-7-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

in /etc/pacman.conf add to  IgnorePkg   =  xorg-server xf86-video-vesa xf86-video-intel xf86-video-fbdev

Now I feel bit trapped between two worlds :
- waitng for wayland to become better so that I can drop X
- or waiting for X to solve the issue

Last edited by squalou (2018-06-18 09:32:00)

lmat

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

That's a head-scratcher. Why does changing X affect a sluggish wayland?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Looking back at this thread made me realise we didn't investigate other possible causes then xorg 1.20 .

lmat & squalou :
Are you using a display manager or startx/xinit  ?
What WM/DE are you using ?

Please try to start X differently and run another wm/de to verify if this influences the problem.

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lmat

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Thanks for the idea! I use startx, and I use xfce4. I tried wayland/gnome and it works fine, but that's not terribly applicable just now :-)

I downgraded Xorg and everything works fine. I don't know how else to start X.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

Could you try with a very simple WM like twm ?

Putting the lines below in ~/.xinitrc and commenting exec startxfce4 should be enough .
(you may need to install twm, xorg-xclock and xterm)

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

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Winsaucerer

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Re: xrandr Configure crtc 3 failed

I'm having what I think is the same issue, with a new dock I just bought.  Dropping back to the LTS kernel seems to have completely eliminated the issue.

Edit:

* Dell XPS 9550
* Dell TB16 dock

Same issue of having the two attached displays working when I first dock, but if I undock and then redock, can only enable one display.  Don't have this issue using the LTS kernel.

Last edited by Winsaucerer (2018-07-16 02:30:01)