kcontrol monitor and display settings module cannot start

confirmed on irc

I have the same error on a XGL/compiz install (but they are not causing it)

No issues here on edgy beta...
Can you launch "kcmshell displayconfig" in the shell and paste your output here ?

Pythonize constructor -- pid = 9888
Python interpreter initialized!

Pythonize constructor -- pid = 9888
open /dev/mem: Permission denied
VESA BIOS Extensions not detected.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 8, in kcontrol_bridge_create_displayconfig
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfig.py", line 1687, in create_displayconfig
    return DisplayApp(parent, name)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfig.py", line 443, in __init__
    self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 371, in __init__
    self._finalizeInit()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 376, in _finalizeInit
    gfxcard._finalizeInit()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 1085, in _finalizeInit
    screen._finalizeInit()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 1635, in _finalizeInit
    self.original_size = self.getAvailableResolutions()[self.currentsizeindex]
IndexError: list index out of range
error: *** runFunction failure

and in the window that appears it says it needs superuser rights

I click on administrator mode button

Pythonize constructor -- pid = 9915
Python interpreter initialized!

Pythonize constructor -- pid = 9915
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 8, in kcontrol_bridge_create_displayconfig
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfig.py", line 1687, in create_displayconfig

return DisplayApp(parent, name)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfig.py", line 443, in __init__

self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 371, in __init__

self._finalizeInit()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 376, in _finalizeInit

gfxcard._finalizeInit()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 1085, in _finalizeInit

screen._finalizeInit()
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/displayconfigabstraction.py", line 1635, in _finalizeInit

self.original_size = self.getAvailableResolutions()[self.currentsizeindex]
IndexError
:
list index out of range

error: *** runFunction failure
;

and in the window it says "impossible to load module..."

it does not work nor as user nor as root. I don't use xgl.

still true on edgy rc1

still true on edgy
seems related to bug #34316

Same problem here on a fresh Edgy install (via alternate CD, with all repositories enabled and updated) this morning.

There is some additional information in the description of bug #37165
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/37165

Do you still have this problem on current Feisty?

On Thursday 05 April 2007 3:07:51 pm Yuriy Kozlov wrote:
> Do you still have this problem on current Feisty?

I have since switched to another distribution, however the display module did
seem to work fine under Feisty.

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Closing it at this point.