GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 658478
[color] Color manager shows [invalid UTF-8]
Last modified: 2015-07-27 22:52:17 UTC
this report has been filed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/841821 "Settings manager -> Color -> monitor name shows with invalid UTF-8: [Invalid UTF-8] - VBOX monitor" this is on 3.1.91
Can you get me the result of "colormgr get-devices" please. Thanks.
submitter reply "florin@florin-VirtualBox:~$ colormgr get-devices Object Path: /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/xrandr_VBOX_monitor_50333014 Created: 1315411347 Modified: 1315411347 Type: display Model: VBOX monitor Vendor: [Invalid UTF-8] Serial: 50333014 Scope: temp Colorspace: rgb Device ID: xrandr-VBOX monitor-50333014 Profile 1: /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/profiles/icc_bed9bbed20bc15596df35e1f1080fabf Metadata: XRANDR_name=VBOX0"
colord's version is 0.1.11
Eeek. Could you please get the reporter to get me the dump of thier virtual EDID, or give me precise instructions how to setup virtualbox. Thanks dude.
I've played with this for a bit, and I can't seem to get any sensible EDID from any virtualbox guest, with and without the client tools. Please can you grab me the EDID as a blob, and I'll have a look here. Thanks.
comment from the reporter: "I updated&dist-upgraded the oneiric machine. Running that line gives this output; the file will be attached after this comment. florin@florin-VirtualBox:~$ sudo get-edid | parse-edid &> edid2.txt get-edid: get-edid version 2.0.0 Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f00 bx=0x0 cx=0x0 Function supported Call successful VBE version 200 VBE string at 0xc7f06 "VirtualBox VBE BIOS http://www.virtualbox.org/" VBE/DDC service about to be called Report DDC capabilities Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f15 bx=0x0 cx=0x0 Function unsupported Call failed Reading next EDID block VBE/DDC service about to be called Read EDID Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10 ax=0x4f15 bx=0x1 cx=0x0 Function unsupported Call failed The EDID data should not be trusted as the VBE call failed Error: output block unchanged florin@florin-VirtualBox:~$ " file with the info he got it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/841821/+attachment/2433588/+files/edid2.txt Please don't hesitate in requesting any other info you might need, thanks in advance!.
We'd need the unparsed edid, as requested in comment 5.
FWIW these days gnome-control-center just describes the monitor as 'VBOX monitor', and 'colormgr get-devices' displays 'unknown' as the vendor. get-edid still fails with 'Error: output block unchanged'.
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug report if you can provide the information that was asked for in a previous comment. Thanks!