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

[Josselin Mouette]

Le vendredi 20 novembre 2009 à 20:10 +0100, vincent a écrit : 
> 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

Why not use gnome-display-properties instead?

> 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.

Well, configure the dual screen using the GNOME preferences and maybe it
will work.

If you want to do things by hand, you need to disable the xrandr plugin
in gnome-settings-daemon.

Cheers, 
-- 
 .''`.      Josselin Mouette
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