Bug#378186: gnome-control-center: gnome-display-properties setting screen resolution crashes gnome-session

[alex bodnaru]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.14.2-2
Severity: normal

gnome-session crashes when attempting to set screen resolution.
this happens either when trying to do it interactively, and also 
on user login, when the screen resolution is been set in:
~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/screen/`hostname`/0/%gconf.xml

in case it works for you, it could be a bug in the xserver-xorg driver :-(
(though i can switch resolutions with ctrl+alt+greyplus).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-skas3-v8.2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data              1:2.14.2-2    configuration applets for GNOME 2 
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.11-1        Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-desktop-data         2.14.2-2      Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.14.2-1      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus                2.14.0-3      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.11.4-2      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0              0.2.6-6       Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.10-1      Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.10-1      Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1             0.6.10-1      Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.14.0-3      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6-15      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.2.0-2       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2                0.62-4        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-5              1.6.2-3       Client library for evolution addre
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1             2.3.2-7       generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.2.1-2       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                1.2.2-1       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.5.1-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.10.2-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.2-2      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0          0.4.9-1       GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-menu2             2.14.0-3      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome-window-settings1  1:2.14.2-2    Utility library for getting window
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.2-1      GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13                1.4.0-3       the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0              1.2-1         library for common error values an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base0 0.10.8-1      GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0         0.10.8-2      Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.18-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.0-3     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmetacity0               1:2.14.5-1    library of lightweight GTK2 based 
ii  libnautilus-extension1     2.14.1-5      libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-2    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.3-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.8rel-5.1  PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-2        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.0-4     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.8-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-3                 0.3.5-1       Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-7     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.5.2-5     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.0-4     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:3.0.1.2-4   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxft2                    2.1.8.2-8     FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.0-5     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4     X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxklavier10              2.2-3         X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                    2.6.26.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.0.2-4   X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxss1                    1:1.0.1-4     X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii  libxxf86misc1              1:1.0.0-4     X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3-11    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
pn  evolution-data-server         <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-session                 2.14.2-1   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome2-user-guide             2.8.1-2    GNOME 2 User's Guide

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