[FFe] Implement DisplayConfig dbus interface and transition to gnome-desktop 3.10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu GNOME |
Invalid
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Unity |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-desktop3 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Jackson Doak | ||
unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Jackson Doak |
Bug Description
Ubuntu GNOME would like to transition for gnome-settings-
Right now there are quite a few features that are not available for configuration in g-c-c given it is so old. We are also hitting some odd bugs with mutter using its own display config separate to what gnome-settings-
For GNOME 3.10, all the display configuration/
This affects gnome-desktop3 and gnome-settings-
We have tested this via a ppa, however it was hard to get extensive testing, due to the amount of archive churn in the affected packages. I am pretty confident there are no much regressions and I will commit to fixing any issues to do appear.
Essentially this transition will involve:
new displayconfig package: This is the relevant code forked from mutter 3.10.4 (with a couple of fixes from 3.11 backported), wrapped up in a daemon. This gets autostarted when required by g/u-s-d (although dbus activation may be broken in flashback session)
my upstream branch is at https:/
gnome/unity-
Likewise for gnome/unity-
All other rdepends just require a no-change rebuild to adapt to the new soname.
Assuming this gets a approved, subsequent FFe's for gnome-settings-
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
milestone: | none → 7.2.0 |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-desktop3 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
summary: |
- Need to implement DisplayConfig dbus interface within Unity + [FFe] Implement DisplayConfig dbus interface and transition to gnome- + desktop 3.10 |
tags: | added: patch |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
affects: | unity-control-center → unity-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | 7.2.0 → none |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
milestone: | trusty → utopic |
tags: | added: ubuntugnome-blocker |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Jackson Doak (noskcaj) |
no longer affects: | unity-settings-daemon |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-desktop3 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in unity-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
milestone: | utopic → none |
Changed in unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
Tagging as high for Ubuntu GNOME, since this is blocking g-s-d/g-c-c (once they have been forked for ubuntu)