DisplayConfigGtk 0.3 coming - On track again

Category: Ubuntu

Finally after starting at my new job I have found some time to work on displayconfig-gtk again. So expect a new release soon.

If you would like to give it a try before, you can download the package for Gutsy from my website.

Changes

It will include the following changes:

  • Fix the X/system restart request dialog
  • Bind to the correct gettext domain - fixes LP: #140678
  • Move the fail safe mode user interface to a separate script (xfailsafedialog)
  • Fix crash if vendor is None - fixes LP: #123513
  • Close the application on window manager close event - fixes LP: #133607
  • Do not show the "need adminstrative rights" dialog if the xorg.conf is missing - fixes LP: #135138
  • Do not fail silently on unreadable inf files - fixes LP: #139029
  • Make sure to write a changed location information
  • Do not detect the monitor automatically when the chooser is opened, instead provide a detect button
  • Only allow to detect the monitor of the first screen (limitation of xresprobe) - fixes LP: #144528
  • Allow to specify the aspect ratio of a monitor in the chooser - fixes LP: #135309, fixes LP: #141138, fixes LP# #144116
  • Restore the aspect ratio of locations
  • Display horizontal and vertical refresh rate correctly in the monitor chooser - fixes LP: #139723
  • Fix a typo - fixes LP: #140562
  • Hide the orientation setting (not stable enough)
  • Add correct icons for 4:3 and 16:9 screens
  • Desktop background in the icons follows the Tangerine icon theme
  • Select the current driver in the driver chooser - fixes LP: #135158

Screenshots

Main window

 

Replacement for the xfailsafe mode dialog

I am always interested in getting any kind of feedback. Please feel free to write me an email, to fill a bug in Launchpad or to leave a comment here.

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  1. wcmcirdh wcmcirdh

    Wednesday, 14-11-07 23:28

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  2. Eduardo José Moreira

    Sunday, 30-09-07 15:48

    Hi Sebastian, glad to see displayconfig-gtk is progressing well.

    Do you think we could have clone mode (maybe it's called mirror mode) working in -ati and -intel for 7.10 release? I and others need it for plugging a projector and showing things to people in classrooms.

    Of course would be great too having dual head work in -ati and -intel.

  3. Sebastian Heinlein

    Saturday, 29-09-07 18:59

    DisplayConfigGtk is limited to two devices, since we could not expect to have widespread and working xrandr1.2 drivers for Gutsy. Furhermore doing dual right is also no simple task (backend and user interface).

    The fail safe dialog was turned into a warning dialog in the final version 0.3. 0.3.2 will be released soon.

    displayconfig-gtk (0.3.2) gutsy; urgency=low

    * Make use of guidance improvements to disable dualhead for specific
    gfx card drivers (sadly ati no longer supports mergedfb and xinerama)
    * Bug fix in the graphics card chooser and the fail safe session handling
    * Allow to load the disabled modules again in fail safe mode

    -- Sebastian Heinlein Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:32:30 +0200

    displayconfig-gtk (0.3.1) gutsy; urgency=low

    * Extract translatable strings from xfailsafedialog

    -- Sebastian Heinlein Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:02:06 +0200

  4. Hugo Heden

    Saturday, 29-09-07 13:09

    Paul, see

    https://launchpad.net/~glatzor

  5. Alexander Gabriel

    Saturday, 29-09-07 11:31

    Hi there!
    My problem with displayconfig is the following:
    - it lists my two nvidia cards: good
    - it lists my four possible displays: good
    - it doesn't let me set up more than two: very bad.

    I would love to be able to setup any number of screens through xinerama/xrandr/whatever with displayconfig.
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