Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist

[dino99]

error logged:

gsd-xsettings[1545]: Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist

There is no 'DisplayConfig' setting at 'org.gnome.Mutter.'

Maybe this is related to an other package, as gsd only display the existing settings; so please change it if required (possibly mutter, 3.26.2-1built1 now).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.26.2-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-11.12-generic 4.15.5
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 27 13:52:26 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Are you still experiencing this bug?

This may have been a temporary incompatibility between mutter 3.27.91 and gnome-settings-daemon 3.26 that was fixed by upgrading all components to 3.28.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is still logged on a fully updated bionic (with 'proposed' archive enabled)

oem@ubuntu:~$ journalctl -b | grep Mutter
Mar 25 07:30:27 ubuntu gsd-xsettings[1505]: Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I can't duplicate this bug with the test case you provided in comment #5.

[Rafael Bijos Faidiga (1-ubuntuone)]

I'm having this issue with cairo session. With normal gnome session it works fine.

[TranceaddicT (scottmccarthy66)]

Issue exists on 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.

Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist

[Ahmet Yıldırım (regenx)]

I have the same issue after installing amdpgu proprietary driver. Is there any resolution?

journalctl -b | grep Mutter
Failed to get current display configuration state: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist

 uname -a
 4.18.0-20-generic #21~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 8 08:43:37 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) reached end-of-standard-support on May 31, 2023.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

[Karl Kastner (kastner-karl)]

This problem persists on Ubuntu Jammy 22.04. The display setting in gnome-control-center are not available:

gnome-control-center display

(gnome-control-center:448779): display-cc-panel-WARNING **: 12:17:32.066: no sunset data, using 16.00

(gnome-control-center:448779): display-cc-panel-WARNING **: 12:17:32.067: no sunrise data, using 8.00

(gnome-control-center:448779): display-cc-panel-WARNING **: 12:17:32.069: Missing property 'ApplyMonitorsConfigAllowed' on DisplayConfig API

(gnome-control-center:448779): display-cc-panel-WARNING **: 12:17:32.070: Error calling GetCurrentState: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Name "org.gnome.Mutter.DisplayConfig" does not exist