[Intrepid] displayconfig-gtk is outdated

[Vladimir Hidalgo]

Binary package hint: displayconfig-gtk

See this:
Broken Intel Video i810, upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 Beta.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/279835

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Well, I'd been using displayconfig-gtk for trying to solve some issues with actual xserver-xorg && gdm, but there's the problem that displayconfig-gtk is still choosing i810 (the driver that used to work for me in Hardy but has been deleted in Intrepid), so it (displayconfig-gtk) generates a non-parsing xorg.conf.

My monitor is an AOC Spectrum 4V, that used to do 1024x768 since Gutsy (if I recall correctly) with my Intel i810 video chipset, but in Intrepid things are not nice for this driver. GDM tries to use a resolution that make it crash, I can't get resolution above 800x600, and other things.

So, please review this tool (displayconfig-gtk) as it's very handy to choose the correct monitor and resolution (gnome's default display setting manager does not let me do this things, nor give me the possibility to do it).

I don't know if this has something related to this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/137225

[Vladimir Hidalgo (vlad88sv)]

This is the default xorg.conf produced by displayconfig-gtk.

Things wich are not working:

Non-existent driver choosed (i180)

Input devices breaking Xorg 7.4 parsing:
               Inputdevice "Default Keyboard"
               Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"

Unkown Inputdevice added:
        Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Displayconfig has been removed from Intrepid due to it's outdated-ness and lack of being maintained.

[Vladimir Hidalgo (vlad88sv)]

This is the working 1024x768 xorg.conf produced by displayconfig-gtk and then manually modified:

Things which were changed:

Driver changed from "i810" to "intel"

Input devices commented out:
#Inputdevice "Default Keyboard"
#Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
#Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"

[Vladimir Hidalgo (vlad88sv)]

So it will be marked as obsolete in one of the next updates I guess :(

So bad, currently is the only tool that takes me out of the problem :\

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Yeah, it is a shame. :(