Bug#795171: mate-control-center: After aptitude upgrade, is not possible to change window resolution

[Elias Andrade]

Hi John,

Meanwhile, below is a workaround if anyone face this problem too.
The solution is simple: change the resolution using xrand directly to
a terminal.

Run xrand (to see supported resolutions):
esan at latitude3540:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1200 x 675, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP1 connected 1200x675+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
344mm x 194mm
   1366x768      60.04 +
   1360x768      59.80    59.96
   1360x768 at 60   60.04
   1280x720 at 60   60.01
   1200x675 at 60   60.15*
   1024x768      60.00
   1024x576 at 60   60.29
   800x600       60.32    56.25
   640x480       59.94
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

In this case, i forced the resolution to 1200x675:
xrandr --output eDP1 --mode 1200x675 @ 60

Best Regards

2015-08-11 11:27 GMT-03:00 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz at physik.fu-berlin.de>:
> Hi!
>
> We are currently in the progress of upgrading Mate in unstable from 1.8
> to 1.10 and breakage is expected to happen in many places until the
> transition is complete.
>
> While I don't know yet whether this particular issue is a result of this
> transition not completed yet, I think it would be best if everyone
> refrains from reporting bugs against Mate in the mean time unless these
> bugs are directly related to the 1.10 transition or the current ongoing
> libstdc++6 transition.
>
> With other words: Yes, we know it's broken, it's currently work-in
> progress. Unstable is currently a mess anyway due to the many other
> ongoing transitions.
>
> Adrian
>
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