Bug#540418: /usr/bin/gnome-display-properties: Cannot change screen resolution (Preferences->Display)

[Paul Hartley]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.26.0-1
Severity: grave
File: /usr/bin/gnome-display-properties
Justification: renders package unusable


When I try to change my screen resolution using gnome-display properties
and click the 'Apply' button, this error message pops up:  Method "ApplyConfiguration"
with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.XRANDR" doesn't exist.  The
same error message pops up if I just open gnome-display-properties and immediately
click on 'Appy'.  When I run gnome-display-properties under the terminal, I don't
see any error messages and I wasn't able to figure out the appropriate debugging symbol
package to use.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data            1:2.26.0-1      configuration applets for GNOME - 
ii  desktop-file-utils       0.15-2          Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.26.1-1        Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.26.0-1        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus              2.26.1-2        an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-settings-daemon    2.24.1-3        daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.26.0-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.24.1-1        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                    2.9-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                1.8.6-2+b1      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0         0.12-1          Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0             0.12-1          a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2         0.80-4          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-9            2.26.3-1+b1     Client library for evolution addre
ii  libfontconfig1           2.6.0-4         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6             2.3.9-4.1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4              2.26.2-3        GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.6.4-1       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.20.1-2        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11    2.26.1-1        Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-window-settings 1:2.26.0-1      Utility library for getting window
ii  libgnome2-0              2.26.0-1        The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomekbd3             2.26.0-1        GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.24.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.16.1-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libmetacity-private0     1:2.26.0-3      library for the Metacity window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.24.0-3+b1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gnome0         0.9.2-2         PolicyKit-gnome library
ii  libpolkit2               0.9-4           library for accessing PolicyKit
ii  libslab0                 0.9.12-3        beautification app library file
ii  libx11-6                 2:1.2.2-1       X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1              1:1.1.9-1       X cursor management library
ii  libxft2                  2.1.13-3        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxklavier12            3.9-1           X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                  2.7.3.dfsg-2+b1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxss1                  1:1.1.3-1       X11 Screen Saver extension library

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  bzip2                        1.0.5-2     high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  evolution-data-server        2.26.3-1+b1 evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-session                2.22.3-3    The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gnome-user-guide             2.26.2-1    GNOME user's guide

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver             2.26.1-1   GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa [gstreamer 0.10.23-3  GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-esd [gstreamer0 0.10.15-2  GStreamer plugin for ESD
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad [gs 0.10.13-1  GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good [g 0.10.15-2  GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module        0.12-1     translates Gtk+ widgets signals to
ii  x11-xserver-utils             7.4+2      X server utilities

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