Giant wall of text dialog when resolution switch fails

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄]

I tried to change resolution of my external display and the settings thing gave me a giant (too big for my screen) dialog box. I realise that my screen doesn't work properly, that's filed in bug 927155 but this bug is concerning the way the error is presented.

See screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.2-2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Feb 5 14:34:40 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120203)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 deja-dup 21.2-0ubuntu4
 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.1-1ubuntu5
 indicator-datetime 0.3.1-0ubuntu5

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[NoOp (glgxg)]

Possible duplicate?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/958349
[BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004]

Note the 'workaround' from comment 37:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/958349/comments/37

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug is years old without activity nor new report and the code changed quite a lot since, closing, feel free to register new bugs if you have issues in newer versions though