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hamish cunningham (hamish-dcs) wrote : Re: [Bug 820327] Re: Fn+F7 cycling gives external monitor incorrect resolution on Thinkpad x220

I can do this monday, hope that's not too late
h

On 19 October 2011 10:31, Chris Halse Rogers <email address hidden> wrote:
> It would also be useful to capture the X calls that gnome-settings-daemon makes.  You should be able to do this by installing the ‘xtrace’ package, and running
> """
> killall gnome-settings-daemon && xtrace -o ~/gnome-settings-daemon.xtrace /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
> """
> at a terminal.  This should kill the existing daemon and then start a new one, capturing all the X calls it makes to ~/gnome-settings-daemon.xtrace.
>
> Then, cycle through the fn-f7 options again - both with the displays
> panel open, and without, so we get an example of both working and broken
> behaviour - and attach the ~/gnome-settings-daemon.xtrace file here.
>
> If this is too complicated, the gsd-debug-randr.log file Sebastian was
> asking for above might contain enough information to debug this problem,
> so don't worry if it's too much effort.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/820327
>
> Title:
>  Fn+F7 cycling gives external monitor incorrect resolution on Thinkpad
>  x220
>
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” source package in Oneiric:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  ## Issue
>
>  Pressing Fn+F7 to cycle through monitor configuration produces
>  unusable monitor configuration on external-monitor-only mode.
>
>  External monitor is set to incorrect resolution when it's the only
>  active display.
>
>  xrandr output does not match resolution of external display that is
>  actually set.  E.g., xrandr shows "1920x1080@60Hz",  but monitor
>  status menu shows 1360 x 768 @ 60Hz, which it does not support.
>
>  ## Environment
>
>  - Thinkpad X220 (T61 also fails)
>
>  -  External monitor attached
>
>  ## Steps to reproduce:
>
>  - connect external monitor to ThinkPad X220 (or X61)
>
>  - press Fn+F7 to cycle through modes
>
>  - on External Monitor Only mode, compare resolution of external
>  monitor as reported by xrandr and the monitor itself.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: gnome-settings-daemon 2.32.1-0ubuntu13.1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Wed Aug  3 11:59:12 2011
>  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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