Bug#555665: When opening the window: "Appearance Preferences", font size of the desktop are changed, without asking.

[vincent]

Le mercredi 11 novembre 2009 à 16:34 +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Le mercredi 11 novembre 2009 à 00:20 +0100, vincent a écrit : 
> > Package: gnome-control-center
> > Version: 1:2.22.2.1-2
> > 
> > When I open the window: "Appearance Preferences" from Gnome, by clicking
> > "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Appearance", size of all fonts
> > (applications, desktop, ...) is automatically changed.
> > The font size is increased while I did not ask.
> 
> Is gnome-settings-daemon started prior to this operation?
> 
> If you start gnome-settings-daemon by hand, does the same thing happen?
> 

I analyzed more precisely this bug.

It is linked to activation of the dual screen of Xorg.
To activate dual screen I use "xrandr" with the following command :
xrandr --output VGA2 --right-of DVI0

When I open the window "Appearance Preferences" without having activated
the dual screen, the bug does not occur.

The bug only happens when I open the window "Appearance Preferences"
after activating the dual screen.

However, if I enable the dual screen, then I kill
"gnome-settings-daemon", then the system restarts
"gnome-settings-daemon" automatically. I can then access to the window
"Appearance Preferences" without bug.

For information I use the Xorg package version 1.7.3 20 and libxrandr2
version 2:1.2.3-1 (I use Lenny).

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Vincent BOURGEOIS