Comment 12 for bug 198951

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rbmorse (rbmorse) wrote : Re: [Bug 198951] Re: gnome-display-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in screen_info_new() - i855, fglrx, radeonhd

On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 01:01 +0000, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> I believe this issue is due to bugs in xrandr rather than an issue in
> gnome-settings-daemon itself. I've backported several bug fixes from
> upstream that look relevant to making xrandr work properly - these are
> from one of the radeonhd developers, so will be especially relevant for
> radeonhd users (and I suspect also relevant for other users).
>
> Please install the three X server debs from this url which have been
> patched with the fixes, re-test, and let me know if it improves things:
>
> http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Testing/XrandrGui/
>
Installed the three .debs as requested and rebooted the machine. Upon
activating the xrandr plugin in gnone_settings_daemon experienced the
same crash as before...i.e., I observed no change in behavior.

ATI X1950XTX, radeonhd (latest from git) on Hardy.

Ron Morse