I have just verified both: bionic (15.04.1+18.04.20180413-0ubuntu1.2) and cosmic (15.04.1+18.04.20180413-0ubuntu3) u-s-d packages.
In both cases it calculates the diagonal correctly or puts the model name if the real dimensions are not available. However, there is a problem I didn't see coming: hwdata is not installed by default on bionic & cosmic, so the PNP codes are not resolved to vendor names, e.g. u-s-d returned DEL for Dell and GSM for LG Electronics. What are your thoughts on this Seb? Is it worth pulling in hwdata as dependency of u-s-d? It's clearly safer than changing the implementation to use systemd's hwdb. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to hwdata in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1755490 Title: Incorrect information about display shown in gnome/unity-control- center Status in hwdata package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unity-settings-daemon source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in unity-settings-daemon source package in Cosmic: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] * There is a number of display devices that misuse the width & height field in EDID. Instead of real size in centimeters it contains encoded aspect ratio (e.g. 1600x900, 16x10, 160x90). This leads to incorrect calculation of diagonal for the purpose of e.g. Unity settings app. [Test Case] 1. Connect a display device that provides incorrect EDID data (e.g. LG 49UB850T-DA TV). 2. Open the Displays section of Unity settings. 3. Look for the name of the newly connected display in the settings window. Expected result: Display name should contain its real diagonal or model name (if dimensions are not availabe). Actual result: Display name contains a ridiculous diagonal (e.g. 72" in case of a 49" display). [Regression Potential] * This affects the way the display name will be formatted for any software using unity-settings-daemon. If anything is testing/comparing display names - it may fail. [Other Info] * Original bug description: After connecting a LG 49UB850T-DA TV the following information is displayed in the unity-control-center: Goldstar Company Ltd 72" It's misleading since neither the company name nor the diagonal matches. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hwdata/+bug/1755490/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
