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gnome-control-center package

Show screens as "unknown" instead of displaying the monitor names

Bug #356834 reported by Jonathan Ernst
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

I have two monitors attached to my Radeon card, amdcccle displays the correct model names for both screens but not gnome-display-properties (screens are both named "unknown").

The two monitors are 1. Dell 1907FP (VGA) and 2. Asus MK241 (DVI)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/bin/gnome-control-center usr/bin/gnome-at-properties usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties usr/bin/gnome-default-applications-properties usr/bin/gnome-keybinding-properties usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-properties usr/bin/gnome-mouse-properties usr/bin/gnome-network-properties usr/bin/gnome-window-properties usr/bin/gnome-display-properties usr/bin/gnome-about-me usr/bin/gnome-sound-properties usr/bin/gnome-thumbnail-font usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer usr/bin/gnome-typing-monitor]
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_CH.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :
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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :

$ grep "Monitor name" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: DELL 1907FP
(II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: ASUS MK241

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Can you attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log, please?

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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :

Sure...

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Can you also attach the output of the following command?
xrandr --prop

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :

Sorry I didn't had access to this hardware for some time.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Incomplete
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Jonathan Ernst (jonathan.ernst) wrote :

This bug seems fixed now. Thanks

grep "Monitor name" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) RADEON(0): Monitor name: DELL 1907FP
(II) RADEON(0): Monitor name: ASUS MK241

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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