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[Daniel Manrique <daniel.manrique@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sebastien,

With the normal panel I can switch resolutions (only 4 choices - not all
available resolutions are shown here). I can't rotate the screen or use
an external monitor. Also, the screen shows up as "unknown".

With the proprietary panel I can switch between about 20 resolution
choices, and use external monitors. I still can't rotate the screen.
This panel correctly identifies connected monitors by name/make/model
(DDC information I think).

Of note, if I add an external display using the proprietary panel, the
normal panel shows a "giant" desktop, i.e. if I have two 1024x768
screens configured on the proprietary panel, the normal panel will show
one giant "unknown" screen of resolution 2048x768.

Thanks!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879528

Title:
  Displays utility doesn't offer to use nvidia-settings with proprietary
  drivers installed?

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “gnome-control-center” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On this system, the proprietary nvidia drivers are required for some
  features (like suspend/resume) to work correctly. On previous Ubuntu
  versions, opening the "Monitors" control panel detected the
  proprietary drivers and offered to use nvidia-settings instead of
  Displays. This is required, for instance, to be able to properly
  detect screens and enable the VGA, DisplayPort and HDMI video outputs
  which are completely ignored by g-c-c's Displays applet.

  However on 11.10, Displays doesn't have this behavior, so the user is
  left to figure out why DIsplays is so limited and unable to
  detect/enable external screens, and eventually to learn to use nvidia-
  settings from a command prompt. This is quite confusing for novice
  users.

  I'll attach some files with hardware information, this machine is
  primarily used for testing so please don't hesitate to let me know if
  I can provide more detailed info or run any necessary tests.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct 21 12:17:11 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
   deja-dup           20.0-0ubuntu3
   gnome-bluetooth    3.2.0-0ubuntu1
   indicator-datetime 0.3.0-0ubuntu3

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