gnome-control-center shows 120Hz display frequencies that the display doesn't support (really only 60Hz hardware)

Bug #1788535 reported by Daniel van Vugt
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Mutter
Fix Released
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mutter (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/issues/275

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gnome-control-center shows 120Hz display frequencies that the display doesn't support (it's really only 60Hz)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: mutter 3.29.91-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.17.0-7.8-generic 4.17.12
Uname: Linux 4.17.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 23 11:08:09 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-17 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Alpha amd64 (20180723)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mutter
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :
summary: - gnome-control-centre shows 120Hz display frequencies that the display
+ gnome-control-center shows 120Hz display frequencies that the display
doesn't support (it's really only 60Hz)
description: updated
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: gnome-control-center shows 120Hz display frequencies that the display doesn't support (it's really only 60Hz)
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :
description: updated
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

seems the issue is in the backend and not the settings?

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Invalid
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Maybe, maybe not. I haven't verified that yet since gnome-control-center is presently the only thing reporting bogus numbers.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Incomplete
summary: gnome-control-center shows 120Hz display frequencies that the display
- doesn't support (it's really only 60Hz)
+ doesn't support (really only 60Hz hardware)
Changed in mutter:
status: Unknown → New
tags: added: disco
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: removed: cosmic
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

I think this happens on systems with nearby frequency options in xrandr, like 59.96 and 59.97. It looks like mutter gets confused when multiple similar frequencies are available.

tags: added: focal
removed: disco
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
no longer affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
tags: added: fixed-in-40.8 fixed-in-41.3 fixed-upstream
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package mutter - 41.3-1ubuntu1

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mutter (41.3-1ubuntu1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * Merge with debian, includes these upstream changes:
    - window: Don't change workspaces of unmanaged windows (LP: #1933996)
    - backend: Reset idletime when unplugging the power cable (LP: #1945121)
    - clutter/text: Invalidate actor paint volume when it has changed
      (LP: #1882291)
    - backends/native: Ensure pointer is onscreen in input thread (LP: #1933186)
    - OSK Enter, space and backspace keys don't work when typing in Greek
      (LP: #1820523)
    - window: Don't change workspaces of unmanaged windows (LP: #1932328)
  * Remainig changes with debian:
    - debian/gbp.conf: update upstream branch to point to ubuntu/master
    - debian/patches/x11-Add-support-for-fractional-scaling-using-Randr.patch:
      + X11: Add support for fractional scaling using Randr

mutter (41.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - Check keyboard serials for activation
    - Fix mixed up refresh rates in multi-monitor setups (LP: #1788535)
    - Allow disabling HW cursors
    - Improve damage handling (LP: #1872870)
    - Consider xrandr flags for advertised modes
    - Ensure constraints after client resize
    - window-group: Disable culling when rendinging clone to offscreen buffer
    - Fix workspace switch animation in default plugin
    - Fix unfullscreening of window that were mapped fullscreen
    - Fix DMA-BUF screencasts with unredirected fullscreen windows
    - Fix orientation changes on devices with 90°

mutter (41.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * d/p/Consistently-pass-timestamp-as-uint64-when-creating-MetaS.patch:
    Add proposed patch to fix FTBFS on 32-bit architectures
  * d/patches: Update to 41.2-6-g7b64c159a
    - Surface damage viewport improvements
  * Update patch metadata with upstream status

mutter (41.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload

  [ Simon McVittie ]
  * New upstream release
  * d/patches: Drop patches that were applied upstream
  * d/patches: Update to upstream gnome-41 branch commit 41.2-3-g5d0c26631
    - wayland: Check keyboard serials for activation
    - Sync refresh rate to the correct monitor for maximized/full-screen
      apps in a multi-monitor layout
    - Add a debug environment variable to disable hardware cursors for
      faulty hardware and drivers

  [ Laurent Bigonville ]
  * debian/rules: Disable systemd support on non-linux architectures

mutter (41.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * New upstream release
  * Drop a patch that came from upstream
  * Update Lintian overrides
  * Replace patches for #995929 with the version that was applied upstream
  * Remove workaround for #994806
  * d/libmutter-9-0.symbols: Ignore removal of clutter_stage_capture_into.
    Nothing else in Debian references this symbol, except for forks of
    the mutter codebase.

mutter (41.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * Merge packaging from unstable
    - No changes relative to 41.0-4, except for the changelog
  * Close #995929 via changelog.
    The patches in 41.0-4 seem to have been successful.
  * Release to...

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Changed in mutter (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in mutter:
status: New → Fix Released
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