** Description changed: [ Impact ] - GNOME Shell may crash and log out the user when hotplugging monitors - which share the same EDID serial. + GNOME Shell may crash and log out the user when hot-plugging monitors + which share the exactly same characteristic (e.g. the EDID serial). [ Test Plan ] 1. Attach two identical external monitors. 2. Unplug one - 3. Verify that the desktop did not crash and log you out + 3. Plug it back (various times, if needed) + 4. Verify that the desktop did not crash or logs out + + Also the color profile for the monitors should now match, and changing + it in Settings should affect all the matching monitors. [ Where problems could occur ] The patch affects the logic for managing monitors, and attaching color profiles. - Problems may manifest as crashes, or the wrong color profile being used. + Problems may manifest as crashes, or the wrong color profile being used. [ Other info ] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding gnome-shell. This problem was most recently seen with package version 50.0-1ubuntu3, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/0ac8a9e2778134a66a93f492b1a4e8474ede2733 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. --- External link: https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/UDENG-10135
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