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gnome-settings-daemon package

2.27.3-0ubuntu1 update broke xrandr / Display Preferences

Bug #387391 reported by Andreas Schildbach
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GNOME Settings Daemon
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

When hitting 'apply' in the Display Preferences dialog, I get the following error popup:

Could not apply the selected configuration

Method "ApplyConfiguration" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XRANDR" doesn't exist

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jun 15 18:47:26 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.27.3-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-9.10-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-9-generic i686

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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :
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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :

gnome-control-center 1:2.26.0-1ubuntu5
libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-2

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

I can confirm this - the xrandr plugin is failing:

** (gnome-settings-daemon:4379): WARNING **: /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon-2.0/libxrandr.so: undefined symbol: gnome_rr_screen_get_timestamps

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

This symbol only exists in GIT versions of gnome-destkop. Anyhow, gnome-settings-daemon should check for a newer version of gnome-desktop in configure, so I reported this upstream.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
status: Unknown → New
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Lucian Adrian Grijincu (lucian.grijincu) wrote :

Confirming it's only a gnome-settings-daemon problem.
Until it gets fixed, a workarround is to run xrandr manually.

For example: to have a VGA left of the main LCD laptop panel run this:
$ xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA --auto --left-of LVDS

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

The gnome-desktop dependency has been bumped upstream now.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the new gnome-desktop has been uploaded to karmic

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Andreas Schildbach (schildbach) wrote :

I can confirm this is fixed for me.

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Jason Brooks (jasonbrooks) wrote :

I second that confirmation. Thank you.

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Jamie Jackson (jamiejackson) wrote :

I just started getting this in Jaunty, after an auto-update which I believe included a kernel update.

Not sure if this is a known bug in Jaunty, too, and/or if Jaunty's got its own issue associated with it.

jamie@mercury:/var/log$ uname -a
Linux mercury 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 19:49:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

jamie@mercury:/var/log$ dpkg -s gnome-settings-daemon
Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 3240
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2

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Jamie Jackson (jamiejackson) wrote :

Two things.

1. My problem was seemingly temporary, as a reboot fixed the problem.
2. I was advised that even if I do experience the problem again, I should report it in its own bug, as mine is different release of Ubuntu.

So, continue to disregard my comments. ;-)

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Jamie Jackson (jamiejackson) wrote :

My problem is back (in Jaunty), and I've filed Bug 397455 for it. Just thought I'd close the loop here, and won't comment here again... Thanks.

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status: New → Fix Released
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Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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