[Digikam-users] Re: if system monitor profile set, can't override in color management settings

[Gilles Caulier]

2011/2/24 Elle Stone <l.elle.stone at gmail.com>:
>
> If a system monitor has been set, digiKam/showFoto 2.0 beta2 won't allow
> choosing another monitor profile.
>
> A bug report on this was already made,
> http://digikam.1695700.n4.nabble.com/Bug-220889-New-problem-with-color-management-td1722685.html,
> last update a year ago.
>
> I read through the discussion here:
> http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/2009-December/008944.html, but
> wasn't able to ascertain what the expected behavior is.
>
> I confirmed with dispwin -I and dispwin -U that uninstalling the system
> profile makes it possible to select a monitor profile in digiKam/showFoto in
> the profile tab of the color management settings dialog. Re-installing a
> system profile grays out the monitor profile selection box.
>
> Feature? or Bug? Gimp allows to use or not use system monitor, if one has
> been set. Personally, I like the option of being able to overriding the
> system monitor profile.
>

But there is already an option to use Monitor profile set in X11.
Overwrite it, i'm not sure...

Gilles Caulier