Bug#756164: gnome-control-center: Display settings inoperable for dual monitors

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 27/07/14 01:51, Daniel Dickinson wrote:
> Package: gnome-control-center
> Version: 1:3.8.3-7+b2
> Severity: normal
> 
> The display settings applet fails to actually be usuable with dual monitors.  Click on the
> monitors fails to select that monitor to be operated on (i.e. clicks appear to have not effect).
> Also one cannot drag the monitor to refect e.g. differences in height or the monitor detected
> as secondary actually being on the left instead of right of the one detected as primary (to
> all appears the mouse actually has not effect).
> 
> If one selects and deselects mirror mode one is able to select the secondary monitor, but if
> one changes the resolution of the secondary monitor and click apply (in my case the secondary
> monitor is larger and to the left of the primary) the follow messages pops up:
> 
> Failed to apply configuration: %s
> 
> GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such method 'ApplyConfiguration'

You need gnome-control-center 3.12, which is currently on unstable. Once it
migrates, we can add the appropriate Breaks.

Emilio