starting gnome-display-properties applet temporarily blanks screen

[Bill Nottingham]

Per Bothner (per at bothner.com) said: 
> When I invoke gnome-display-properties (either from the keyboard or
> from the panel) the screen momentarily blanks *before* the
> "Screen Resolution Preferences" window comes up.  This is a Dell
> laptop with the intel driver.  (I'm currently using an external
> monitor; I don't remember if the same happens using only the laptop
> screen.)
>
> Is this know / being worked on?  While obviously not a show-stopper,
> it's a bit scary and not the user interface we want!

It's a known issue with xrandr. IIRC, some work is being done to fix this.

Bill