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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This might be a gnome problem, but….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve noticed that, on occasion (frequently), when I
try to look at or modify my display configuration, the Applications->System Settings->Display
doesn’t come up. It asks for the root password, which I give it, and
then nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I ran system-config-display form the command line, but it
dies thus:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[root@mhullrichter mhr]# system-config-display<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>* no cardMem, assuming 8192<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>* no cardMem, assuming 8192<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Trying with card: VESA driver (generic)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>* no cardMem, assuming 8192<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> File
"/usr/share/system-config-display/xconf.py", line 380, in ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> dialog = xConfigDialog.XConfigDialog(hardware_state,
xconfig, rhpl.videocard.VideoCardInfo())<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> File
"/usr/share/system-config-display/xConfigDialog.py", line 566, in __init__<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>
self.xml.get_widget("secondMonitorLabel").set_text(monitor_list[1].modelname)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>TypeError: GtkLabel.set_text() argument 1 must be string,
not None<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I seem to be missing an argument from the call, but I’m
not sure what goes there, and even so, when I run it from the menu, shouldn’t
it have the right data and run?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Mark
Hull-Richter Linux Kernel
Engineer<br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>(949) 680-3082 -
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