[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#410700: kde-guidance: displayconfig fails to run

[Peppe Bergqvist]

Package: kde-guidance
Version: 0.7.0-1
Severity: normal


Tried to start displayconfig but got the following message instead

peppe at hoth:~$ displayconfig
open /dev/mem: Permission denied
VESA BIOS Extensions not detected.
/usr/sbin/laptop-detect: line 15: dmidecode: command not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/displayconfig", line 1707, in ?
    displayapp = DisplayApp()
  File "/usr/bin/displayconfig", line 441, in __init__
    self.xsetup = XSetup(self.xconfigpath)
  File 
"/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayconfigabstraction.py", 
line 387, in __init__
    self._finalizeInit()
  File 
"/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayconfigabstraction.py", 
line 392, in _finalizeInit
    gfxcard._finalizeInit()
  File 
"/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayconfigabstraction.py", 
line 1101, in _finalizeInit
    screen._finalizeInit()
  File 
"/usr/share/python-support/kde-guidance/displayconfigabstraction.py", 
line 1651, in _finalizeInit
    self.original_size = 
self.getAvailableResolutions()[self.currentsizeindex]
IndexError: list index out of range
peppe at hoth:~$

Maybe this is a problem with the permissions on my machine but the 
package should suggest how to fix it, or fix it by itself.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kde-guidance depends on:
ii  kdelibs4c2a            4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-6 core libraries and binaries for al
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-10      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.1-21        GCC support library
ii  libpythonize0          0.4.0-3           Python packages to support KDE app
ii  libqt3-mt              3:3.3.7-3         Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.1-21          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.0.3-5         X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6               1:1.0.1-2         X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxrandr2             2:1.1.0.2-5       X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.1-3         X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxxf86vm1            1:1.0.1-2         X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii  pykdeextensions        0.4.0-3           Python packages to support KDE app
ii  python                 2.4.4-2           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-dbus            0.71-3            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  python-kde3            3.15.2+20060422-3 KDE3 bindings for Python
ii  python-support         0.5.6             automated rebuilding support for p
ii  python2.4              2.4.4-2           An interactive high-level object-o
ii  sysv-rc                2.86.ds1-38       System-V-like runlevel change mech

kde-guidance recommends no packages.

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