Bug#755048: “Could not get screen information”

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, den 17.07.2014, 09:52 +0200 schrieb Emilio Pozuelo
Monfort:
> On 17/07/14 09:34, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > Package: gnome-control-center
> > Version: 1:3.12.1-4
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > since upgrading gnome-control-center from from 1:3.8.3-7+b2 to
> > 1:3.12.1-4 (along with a few other things, see attached file), the
> > Screens (or Displays or Monitors) view of the control center does not do
> > anything useful, and just says “Could not get screen information”.
> > 
> > Also, on a possibly related note, my still existing settings from
> > .config/monitors.xml are no longer applied.
> > 
> > I’m using xmonad.
> > 
> > A possibly related bug is reported at
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040062
> 
> The screen handling code moved from gnome-settings-daemon to gnome-shell (for
> wayland support's sake) which means the control center panel probably won't work
> with other WMs anymore.

I was fearing that’s the case. I wonder how long I can maintain my
gnome/xmonad setup any more....

Maybe the error message could be made more informative?

Slightly OT for this bug, but probably interesting to affected people
passing by: Are there gnome-independent tools that react on monitor
changes and apply a configuration?

Greetings,
Joachim

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