The bug hasn't seen any activity in years and there has been no recent similar reports, the code also changed quite a lot since and it's likely the issue doesn't exist anymore. Closing, feel free to open a new report if you still get problems in recent Ubuntu versions
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054865 Title: display : gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_get_toplevel Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Displays pane could not handle rotating the screen. of course I'm working with a Citizen LCD monitor that does 1440 x 900, which I had to force. The monitor is not recognized automatically. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Sep 23 01:56:04 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcCmdline: gnome-control-center display SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0xb750830d <gtk_widget_get_toplevel+29>: mov (%esi),%edx PC (0xb750830d) ok source "(%esi)" (0x47470047) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%edx" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: gnome-control-center StacktraceTop: gtk_widget_get_toplevel () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libdisplay.so ?? () from /usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libdisplay.so g_simple_async_result_complete () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 Title: [display]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_get_toplevel() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-18 (35 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 deja-dup 23.92-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.0.17-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1054865/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp