Public bug reported:
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
** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity
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Title:
[Dell Studio XPS 1340] Displays utility doesn't offer to use nvidia-
settings with proprietary drivers installed
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