displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in getSize()

Same bug on Architecture amd64
First use after Hardy alpha 1 install to configure screen resolution.
Screen border are not visible and gnome panels are not visible too.
Graphic card AT X1300 pro
Screen Flat panel 1280x1024

if i remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf, problem solvents.

ATI 300 has problems on bootup as well. unable to detect screen or display driver?

my problem too, have an Ati Mobility X1400. Upgrade to new kernel and driver nothing happens. Are there any workaround?

Screens and Graphics doesn't start, reporting a crash of that program. Running under Parallels 5584, the default resolution (1152x720?) works, but changing it garbles the display. Under the "screen resolution" preference, the resolution is set to "off". Trying to reconfigure the xserver results in the "FATAL: Error inserting battery" error.

My system is the generic Ubuntu configuration for my version of Parallels, running Hardy A6 with all updates applied at the time of this post.

Getting Error on Everex Cloudbook
CX700M gpu

Running Hardy, all updates. I just experienced this crash not too long after uninstalling fglrx and installing the open source driver using an ATI 1300X pro card and TV out for my monitor. I was fiddling with the Screen and Graphics app to change the screen resolution. TV out is currently broken, likely related to this crash (using VNC to access the system). Everything worked for a day after I switched to the open source driver.

I fixed this by deleting the /etc/X11/xorg.conf as suggested above (actually, I renamed it with 'sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.broken', although all of the xorg.conf backups were deleted after restarting). This allowed me to use the displayconfig-gtk, which I neglected to mention wouldn't start before deleting the file. After the system restarted, my video card driver and screen resolution were set to an incorrect, unusable setting, but after correcting these settings I have the display back on my TV.

Thank you for reporting this bug and for your efforts to make Ubuntu better. As Xorg has improved this past year, an unfortunate side effect of these improvements is that it has rendered several design assumptions in displayconfig-gtk obsolete. So, starting with Hardy we are no longer putting displayconfig-gtk forth as a primary configuration tool, and are putting our development focus into the Screen Resolution applet. As a result, we do not plan to fix this bug and thus are closing it.

For more background on this change, please see this page: [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/DisplayConfigGtk

So can you then make the screen resolution applet work when there is no local monitor? Or should I report that as a bug too? The only reason I tried the old "screens and graphics" thing is because the SR applet has all choices greyed out when there is no local monitor. So I still have no way to adjust my screen size while working over VNC.

Thanks,
Brad

--- On Wed, 7/30/08, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: Bryce Harrington <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 148056] Re: displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in getSize()
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 2:12 AM
> Thank you for reporting this bug and for your efforts to
> make Ubuntu
> better. As Xorg has improved this past year, an unfortunate
> side effect
> of these improvements is that it has rendered several
> design assumptions
> in displayconfig-gtk obsolete. So, starting with Hardy we
> are no longer
> putting displayconfig-gtk forth as a primary configuration
> tool, and are
> putting our development focus into the Screen Resolution
> applet. As a
> result, we do not plan to fix this bug and thus are closing
> it.
>
> For more background on this change, please see this page:
> [WWW]
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/DisplayConfigGtk
>
> ** Changed in: displayconfig-gtk (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
>
> --
> displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in getSize()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148056
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “displayconfig-gtk” source package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: displayconfig-gtk
>
> on gutsy beta, got exception when trying to configure
> external monitor (ACER AL2216W) on laptop Dell latitude D620
> impossible to modify the resolution / refreshing rate even
> on main monitor after that
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Oct 2 11:49:43 2007
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk
> InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
> Package: displayconfig-gtk 0.3.1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk
> ProcCwd: /home/julien
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk']
> SourcePackage: displayconfig-gtk
> Title: displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in
> getSize()
> Uname: Linux uni-gutsy 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23
> 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Report that as a bug against gnome-control-center please.

On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 01:27:44PM -0000, electricbrad wrote:
> So can you then make the screen resolution applet work when there is no
> local monitor? Or should I report that as a bug too? The only reason I
> tried the old "screens and graphics" thing is because the SR applet has
> all choices greyed out when there is no local monitor. So I still have
> no way to adjust my screen size while working over VNC.
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
>
> --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > From: Bryce Harrington <email address hidden>
> > Subject: [Bug 148056] Re: displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in getSize()
> > To: <email address hidden>
> > Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 2:12 AM
> > Thank you for reporting this bug and for your efforts to
> > make Ubuntu
> > better. As Xorg has improved this past year, an unfortunate
> > side effect
> > of these improvements is that it has rendered several
> > design assumptions
> > in displayconfig-gtk obsolete. So, starting with Hardy we
> > are no longer
> > putting displayconfig-gtk forth as a primary configuration
> > tool, and are
> > putting our development focus into the Screen Resolution
> > applet. As a
> > result, we do not plan to fix this bug and thus are closing
> > it.
> >
> > For more background on this change, please see this page:
> > [WWW]
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/DisplayConfigGtk
> >
> > ** Changed in: displayconfig-gtk (Ubuntu)
> > Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
> >
> > --
> > displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in getSize()
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148056
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> > subscriber
> > of a duplicate bug.
> >
> > Status in “displayconfig-gtk” source package in Ubuntu:
> > Won't Fix
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Binary package hint: displayconfig-gtk
> >
> > on gutsy beta, got exception when trying to configure
> > external monitor (ACER AL2216W) on laptop Dell latitude D620
> > impossible to modify the resolution / refreshing rate even
> > on main monitor after that
> >
> > ProblemType: Crash
> > Architecture: i386
> > Date: Tue Oct 2 11:49:43 2007
> > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
> > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk
> > InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
> > Package: displayconfig-gtk 0.3.1
> > PackageArchitecture: all
> > ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk
> > ProcCwd: /home/julien
> > ProcEnviron:
> >
> > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> > SHELL=/bin/bash
> > PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/displayconfig-gtk']
> > SourcePackage: displayconfig-gtk
> > Title: displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in
> > getSize()
> > Uname: Linux uni-gutsy 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23
> > 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> --
> displayconfig-gtk crashed with IndexError in getSize()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148056
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to
> displayconfig-gtk in ubuntu.
>
> Status in “displayconfig-gtk” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
>
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