"Could not get screen information" error

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I found the culprit. It's a gnome bug or intentional design by gnome developers.

It doesn't communicate with compiz.

So

mutter --replace

fixed it.

For more info :

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040062

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • kenn
    kenn over 1 year

    I have Ubuntu 13.10 32bit OS. A few days ago I added gnome3 ppa and upgraded to gtk 3.10. I had to fix many gnome bugs. But I couldn't find a solution to this one.

    When I try to open display

    LC_ALL=C gnome-control-center display
    

    I get Could not get screen information error.

    I don't know it's related to it; I can not generate Xorg.conf

    with

    sudo Xorg :1 -configure
    

    I get

     sudo Xorg :1 -configure
    
      X.Org X Server 1.14.5
      Release Date: 2013-12-12
      X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
      Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-54-generic i686 Ubuntu
      Current Operating System: Linux kenn 3.11.0-19-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 11 18:48:32 UTC 2014 i686
      Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic root=UUID=c2d1b866-a0fd-4214-b79b-11b2af29da4d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
      Build Date: 17 December 2013  10:03:52AM
      xorg-server 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
      Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
      Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
      (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Apr 23 12:08:43 2014
      setversion 1.4 failed
      List of video drivers:
    sis
    r128
    neomagic
    vmware
    modesetting
    openchrome
    trident
    dummy
    ati
    mach64
    siliconmotion
    mga
    radeon
    s3
    cirrus
    vesa
    sisusb
    qxl
    tdfx
    intel
    nouveau
    savage
    fbdev
      (++) Using config file: "/home/****/xorg.conf.new"
      (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
      vesa: Ignoring device with a bound kernel driver
      Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
        Configuration failed.
      (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
    

    Here is my driver info

      lspci -nn | grep -i vga 
      00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
    

    I hope you help me fix it.