Ubuntu
mate-control-center package

  1. Bug #1351890
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 1351890

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Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote :

[Impact]

Due to a bug in GTK+2, mate-display-properties crashes when the screen resolution is changed *outside* of it (e.g. by changing the resolution not via that app, but somewhere else).

The attached patches fix the issue in GTK+2 and prevent crashing of m-d-p.

Since this issue caused much inconvenience for users, the fix should be backported to all current stable releases of Ubuntu.

[Test Case]

The easiest way to reproduce it is via Virtualbox:

1. Run mate-display-properties in the VM.
2. Make the VM go full-screen.
3. See m-d-p crash.

[Regression Potential]

After several months of testing the patched version of GTK+2 in Debian Jessie, I found no regressions.
I consider the regression risk very low here.