colord doesn't detect laptop screen

wast3 · 2015-03-22 20:03:10

Hi, I am on a Thinkpad x201s with intel graphics. XrandR is working, xorg detects and configures the panel, but I can't use colour schemes because colormgr get-devices doesn't return anything and the "Colour" entry in the control panel says "Unable to detect any devices that can be colour managed".

What can I do to debug this? I am still figuring out how to interrogate journalctl :-/

Thanks very much

karol · 2015-03-22 20:08:01

wast3 wrote:

I am still figuring out how to interrogate journalctl :-/

Do you mean something like https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Journal ?

wast3 · 2015-03-22 20:49:38

Yes.
journalctl -u colord only returns
systemd[1]: Starting Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles...
systemd[1]: Started Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles

karol · 2015-03-22 20:52:04

A somewhat old bug report https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31565
No idea if it's of any help.

wast3 · 2015-03-22 23:28:54

The last comment in the bug reports says "you've to run gcm-viewer, if you get your monitor in the devices list, then this is a colord-kde issue. if you don't, then this is a colord issue"

If I run gcm-viewer my monitor is in the list. In my case it must be a colord-gtk (or gnome-settings-daemon) issue, I would say...

Last edited by wast3 (2015-03-22 23:29:44)

dafero · 2015-08-05 18:06:17

Hi,

same issue here. Killing the gnome-settings -daemon seems to fix temporarily the problem.

Running colormrg get-devices, ONLY shows one printer in my case.

dafero@archenvy ~> colormgr get-devices
Object Path:   /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/cups_LaserJet_1018
Owner:         root
Created:       August  5 2015, 05:39:49 PM
Modified:      August  5 2015, 05:39:49 PM
Type:          printer
Enabled:       Yes
Embedded:      No
Model:         Generic text-only printer
Vendor:        Generic
Serial:        dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%201018%20%40%20archberry._ipp._tcp.local/cups?uuid=ad5b8861-ffe9-3e2a-6cd8-75edcf587aed
Format:        ColorSpace.MediaType.Resolution
Scope:         temp
Colorspace:    gray
Device ID:     cups-LaserJet-1018
Profile 1:     LaserJet-1018-Gray..
Metadata:      OwnerCmdline=/usr/bin/cupsd -l

Let's kill daemons...

dafero@archenvy ~> sudo killall gnome-settings-daemon

... and a wild display appears...

dafero@archenvy ~> colormgr get-devices
Object Path:   /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/cups_LaserJet_1018
Owner:         root
Created:       August  5 2015, 05:56:16 PM
Modified:      August  5 2015, 05:56:16 PM
Type:          printer
Enabled:       Yes
Embedded:      No
Model:         Generic text-only printer
Vendor:        Generic
Serial:        dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%201018%20%40%20archberry._ipp._tcp.local/cups?uuid=ad5b8861-ffe9-3e2a-6cd8-75edcf587aed
Format:        ColorSpace.MediaType.Resolution
Scope:         temp
Colorspace:    gray
Device ID:     cups-LaserJet-1018
Profile 1:     LaserJet-1018-Gray..
Metadata:      OwnerCmdline=/usr/bin/cupsd -l 

Object Path:   /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/xrandr_Chimei_Innolux_Corporation_dafero_1000
Owner:         dafero
Created:       August  5 2015, 05:57:11 PM
Modified:      August  5 2015, 05:57:11 PM
Type:          display
Enabled:       Yes
Embedded:      Yes
Model:         HP ENVY 4 Notebook PC
Vendor:        Hewlett Packard
Serial:        unknown
Seat:          seat0
Scope:         temp
Colorspace:    rgb
Device ID:     xrandr-Chimei Innolux Corporation
Profile 1:     icc-eac04fc2a2bda416fae36129d4150bce
               /home/dafero/.local/share/icc/edid-f23493a42aa04e1be07f6544aea9732a.icc
Profile 2:     icc-ea26c562f148eb5a7923ddba536ed914
               /home/dafero/.local/share/icc/Color LCD-4272F40.icc
Metadata:      XRANDR_name=LVDS1
Metadata:      OutputPriority=primary
Metadata:      OwnerCmdline=/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon 
Metadata:      OutputEdidMd5=f23493a42aa04e1be07f6544aea9732a
dafero@archenvy ~>

Any ideas?
Thank you!

dafero · 2015-08-06 14:10:38

I opened a bug report on this https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=753291

technolog · 2015-08-06 20:56:27

I have exactly the same problem.

Mef · 2015-08-09 10:24:55

I had the exact same issue, and noticed colord had been updated recently.
I solved it by downgrading it to the previous version (1.2.11-1 -> 1.2.9-3).

Rebooted and found my color profiles back !

dafero · 2015-08-09 11:06:59

Mef wrote:

I had the exact same issue, and noticed colord had been updated recently.
I solved it by downgrading it to the previous version (1.2.11-1 -> 1.2.9-3).
Rebooted and found my color profiles back !

Yep! You are right Sir! Thanks!

dafero@archenvy ~> cat /var/log/pacman.log | grep colord
...
[2015-08-04 23:04] [ALPM] upgraded colord (1.2.9-3 -> 1.2.11-1)
...

dafero@archenvy ~> sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/colord-1.2.9-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

* after doing it don't forget to exclude colord from being updated on /etc/pacman.conf.

I also updated the bug report.
Cheers,
Daniel.

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#1 2015-03-22 20:03:10

colord doesn't detect laptop screen

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