gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-display-properties slow down xserver when external monitor added
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Settings Daemon |
Fix Released
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High
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gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-settings-
Whenever I plugin an external flatscreen TV CPU use goes up, the mouse jumps around and performance becomes jerky. The external monitor flickers for a while and eventually gives up. Killing gnome-settings-
Below I've included the text I wrote in comments to a similar bug (https:/
On a Macbook 1,1
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Philips 42" LCD television
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This g-s-d problem caused me to misinterpret a problem with dual-monitor displays. On a Macbook 1,1 whenever I plugged in a DVI-to-HDMI connector to a flatscreen television (using a TMDS-1 output on an intel card), on hotplug the machine would start to slow down. On coldplug and an unaltered xorg.conf it would attempt to load both displays but the flatscreen would start flickering on and off and eventually stop attempting to display anything. xrandr would show both active LVDS and TMDS-1 connections. Any attempt to use gnome-display-
As of today, killing gnome-settings-
Just to be clear, these are the same symptoms that Chousuke reported here: https:/
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: gnome-settings-
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic i686
Related branches
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
status: | Invalid → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
thank you for your bug report, could you run gnome-settings- daemon --debug --no-daemon on a command line and see if it prints useful informations when you get the issue? could you get a stacktrace when it's using ressources? do you get a similar issue using xrand --auto on a command line?