Bug#653028: gnome-control-center: Extremely Large window or cannot open gnome-appearance-properties window

[Adrien Allard laposte]

Package: gnome-control-center
Version: 1:2.30.1-2
Severity: normal

After setting the /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/dpi key to the integer value
120 by command line (default = 96), the 'Appearance window' cannot be openned
any more.

The Size of the window become extremely large (>10000 pixels) or just crash.

No way to reset the configuration (dpi font size) with a GUI way.

This bug is reported here for ubuntu, and the version 3 of gnome has made this
bug deprecated under ubuntu :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/386573

The solution is to do
gconftool-2 --unset /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/dpi
Because : this key doesn't allow integer value. You must specify a float type.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
   APT prefers stable-updates
   APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-control-center depends on:
ii  capplets-data      1:2.30.1-2            configuration applets for GNOME -
ii  desktop-file-utils 0.15-2                Utilities for .desktop files
ii  evolution-data-ser 2.30.3-2              evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-desktop-data 2.30.2-2              Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  gnome-icon-theme   2.30.3-2              GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus        2.30.3-1              an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-settings-dae 2.30.2-2+squeeze1     daemon handling the GNOME session
ii  libatk1.0-0        1.30.0-1              The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6              2.11.2-10             Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2          1.8.10-6              The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0   0.24-1                Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0       0.24-1                a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2   0.88-2.1              simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libebook1.2-9      2.30.3-2              Client library for evolution addre
ii  libfontconfig1     2.8.0-2.1             generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6       2.4.2-2.1+squeeze1    FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4        2.28.1-6              GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0       2.24.2-1              The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2 2.30.2-2              Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-window-se 1:2.30.1-2            Utility library for getting window
ii  libgnomekbd4       2.30.2-2              GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii  libgtk2.0-0        2.20.1-2              The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libmetacity-privat 1:2.30.1-3            library for the Metacity window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0      1.28.3-1+squeeze2     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libslab0a          2.30.0-1              beautification app library file
ii  libunique-1.0-0    1.1.6-1.1             Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6           2:1.3.3-4             X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1        1:1.1.10-2            X cursor management library
ii  libxft2            2.1.14-2              FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6             2:1.3-6               X11 Input extension library
ii  libxklavier16      5.0-2                 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2            2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxss1            1:1.2.0-2             X11 Screen Saver extension library

Versions of packages gnome-control-center recommends:
ii  bzip2                         1.0.5-6    high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  gnome-session                 2.30.2-3   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME
ii  gnome-user-guide              2.30.1-1   GNOME user's guide
ii  policykit-1-gnome             0.96-3     GNOME authentication agent for Pol

Versions of packages gnome-control-center suggests:
ii  gnome-screensaver       2.30.0-2squeeze1 GNOME screen saver and locker
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa [gst 0.10.30-1        GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-b 0.10.19-2+b2     GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-g 0.10.24-1        GStreamer plugins from the "good"
ii  libcanberra-gtk-module  0.24-1           translates Gtk+ widgets signals to
ii  x11-xserver-utils       7.5+3            X server utilities

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