Bug 244450

Summary: Bad monitor selection leaves user with blank screen and no way back
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dick Franks <rwfranks>
Component: system-config-displayAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
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Description Dick Franks 2007-06-15 19:08:44 UTC
Description of problem:
Accidentally selecting a monitor which is incompatible with the one actually
present, leaves user staring at a blank screen.

Recovery is only possible by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-8.fc7

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. (Using Gnome)  System->Admin->Display
2. Select monitor type or resolution incompatible with video card.
3. Select OK
Display disappears
4. <ctrl><alt><F1>
5. log in as root
6. cd /etc/X11
7. Observe previous xorg.conf destroyed
  
Actual results:
Message box appears
============================================================
Display settings changed

You need to log out and restart the X server for the changes
to take effect.

Configuration was written to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, original
configuration saved as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup.
============================================================

This is a wicked, wicked lie!


Expected results:

Configuration saved as advertised.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 13:07:10 UTC
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Comment 2 Dick Franks 2008-05-14 18:19:16 UTC
Bug is still alive and living in Fedora 9.

All that is needed is for the old /etc/X11/xorg.conf to be renamed before
writing the new one.

This cannot possibly take more than a few minutes effort.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 22:39:21 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 9 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 9.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '9'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 9's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that 
we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 9 is end of life.  If you 
would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it 
against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this 
bug to the applicable version.  If you are unable to change the version, 
please add a comment here and someone will do it for you.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events.  Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

The process we are following is described here: 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-07-14 17:33:17 UTC
Fedora 9 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-07-10. Fedora 9 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.