Ok, I've managed to reproduce this problem and have a monitors.xml that reliably produces it for me.
The 1366x768 configuration for my laptop does not seem to work when I have a 1920x1200 monitor attached. When the 1920 monitor is attached, the laptop works when it is set to 1360x768. I'm not sure what the difference is other than those 6 rows of pixels. I have it hooked up to a 1280x1024 external monitor right now and the 1366 resolution doesn't seem to cause a problem. Memory issues? ** Attachment added: "monitors.xml-main-primary-not-working" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1066048/+attachment/3398899/+files/monitors.xml-main-primary-not-working -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1066048 Title: corrupt monitors.xml makes gnome unusable Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I was trying to switch the "primary" monitor for Ubuntu and after some back-n-forth, both monitors went blank. Switched to a text console, restarted gdm and after logging in the monitors both went blank. Upgraded everything and got the same problem. Finally managed to get firefox up with a minimal .xinitrc and found https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution which told me to look at ~/.config/monitors.xml. I edited the file in emacs (from which I have the original, buggy monitors.xml~ file) and managed to get a working session. Looking at the diffs, I'm not sure *why* the buggy setup blanked both monitors and I haven't logged in again with what I think is the bad monitors.xml to confirm it. I'll submit this bug and my monitors.xml + diff and then try to verify that the monitors.xml that I think causes the problems actually does. BBIAS ;) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1066048/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
