Bug#775094: gnome-control-center: display: resolution options are too limited

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:3.14.2-2
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

The resolution options offered in gnome-control-center's "display"
panel are too limited:

In particular for a monitor supporting up to 1920x1200, the resolution
option 1920x1080 is *not* offered. However it is useful if there is a
second display (TV) which should be configured in mirror mode and
where the second display only supports resolutions up to 1920x1080.

There seems to be no way to configure such a mirror setup via the
GNOME GUI. Note that I cannot configure the 1920x1200 monitor as a
mirror of the 1920x1080 one either: in that case only 1600x1200 is
offered as the resolution of the 1920x1200 monitor.

Ansgar

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  accountsservice            0.6.37-3+b1
ii  apg                        2.2.3.dfsg.1-2
ii  colord                     1.2.1-1+b2
ii  desktop-file-utils         0.22-1
ii  gnome-control-center-data  1:3.14.2-2
ii  gnome-desktop3-data        3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme           3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic  3.12.0-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon      3.14.2-2
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas  3.14.1-1
ii  libaccountsservice0        0.6.37-3+b1
ii  libatk1.0-0                2.14.0-1
ii  libc6                      2.19-13
ii  libcairo-gobject2          1.14.0-2.1
ii  libcairo2                  1.14.0-2.1
ii  libcanberra-gtk3-0         0.30-2.1
ii  libcanberra0               0.30-2.1
ii  libcheese-gtk23            3.14.1-2
ii  libcheese7                 3.14.1-2
ii  libclutter-1.0-0           1.20.0-1
ii  libclutter-gtk-1.0-0       1.6.0-1
ii  libcolord-gtk1             0.1.25-1.1+b1
ii  libcolord2                 1.2.1-1+b2
ii  libcups2                   1.7.5-10
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.102-1
ii  libfontconfig1             2.11.0-6.3
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0         2.31.1-2+b1
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]   10.3.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.42.1-1
ii  libgnome-bluetooth13       3.14.0-2
ii  libgnome-desktop-3-10      3.14.1-1
ii  libgoa-1.0-0b              3.14.2-1
ii  libgoa-backend-1.0-1       3.14.2-1
ii  libgrilo-0.2-1             0.2.11-2
ii  libgtk-3-0                 3.14.5-1
ii  libgtop2-7                 2.28.5-2+b1
ii  libibus-1.0-5              1.5.9-1
ii  libkrb5-3                  1.12.1+dfsg-16
ii  libmm-glib0                1.4.0-1
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1            0.9.10.0-5
ii  libnm-glib4                0.9.10.0-5
ii  libnm-gtk0                 0.9.10.0-2
ii  libnm-util2                0.9.10.0-5
ii  libpango-1.0-0             1.36.8-3
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0        1.36.8-3
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0      0.105-8
ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0    5.0-13
ii  libpulse0                  5.0-13
ii  libpwquality1              1.2.3-1
ii  libsmbclient               2:4.1.13+dfsg-2
ii  libsoup2.4-1               2.48.0-1
ii  libupower-glib3            0.99.1-3.1
ii  libwacom2                  0.8-1
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxi6                     2:1.7.4-1+b2
ii  libxml2                    2.9.1+dfsg1-4

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
pn  cracklib-runtime       <none>
ii  cups-pk-helper         0.2.5-2+b1
ii  gkbd-capplet           3.6.0-1
ii  gnome-online-accounts  3.14.2-1
ii  gnome-user-guide       3.14.1-1
ii  gnome-user-share       3.14.0-2
ii  iso-codes              3.57-1
pn  libnss-myhostname      <none>
pn  mesa-utils             <none>
ii  mousetweaks            3.12.0-1
ii  network-manager-gnome  0.9.10.0-2
ii  policykit-1-gnome      0.105-2
pn  realmd                 <none>
ii  rygel                  0.24.2-1
ii  rygel-tracker          0.24.2-1

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio  1.4.4-2
pn  libcanberra-gtk-module   <none>
pn  libcanberra-gtk3-module  <none>
ii  x11-xserver-utils        7.7+3+b1

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