Package Details: vdu_controls 2.6.5-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/vdu_controls.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: vdu_controls
Description: Visual Display Unit virtual control panel - a GUI front end to ddcutil
Upstream URL: https://digitaltrails.github.io/vdu_controls
Licenses: GPL-3.0-or-later
Submitter: yochananmarqos
Maintainer: yochananmarqos
Last Packager: yochananmarqos
Votes: 8
Popularity: 0.001585
First Submitted: 2021-12-18 18:28 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-07-10 14:53 (UTC)

Latest Comments

yochananmarqos commented on 2026-07-17 14:06 (UTC)

@lightinwater: I can't reproduce, it works fine for me.

lightinwater commented on 2026-07-17 02:18 (UTC) (edited on 2026-07-17 02:23 (UTC) by lightinwater)

Crashes moments after main window displays. Version. 2.6.5-1

Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/vdu_controls/vdu_controls_application.py", line 281, in exception_handler
MBox(MIcon.Critical, msg=tr('Error: {}').format(''.join(traceback.format_exception_only(e_type, e_value))),
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
details=tr('Details: {}').format(''.join(traceback.format_exception(e_type, e_value, e_traceback)))).exec()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/vdu_controls/widgets.py", line 245, in __init__
if hasattr(QMessageBox.Option, 'DontUseNativeDialog'):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: type object 'QMessageBox' has no attribute 'Option'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/vdu_controls", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/vdu_controls/vdu_controls_application.py", line 1719, in main
main_window = VduAppWindow(main_config, main_controller)  # may need to assign this to a variable to prevent garbage collection?
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/vdu_controls/vdu_controls_application.py", line 1183, in __init__
Release.release_notes()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/vdu_controls/release.py", line 37, in release_notes
release_alert = MBox(
MIcon.Information,
...<2 lines>...

garlandKey commented on 2024-04-30 00:12 (UTC)

@yochananmarqos Thank you for the quick response! Updating all of my packages fix it.

yochananmarqos commented on 2024-04-30 00:00 (UTC)

@garlandKey: Do not mix local and system Python packages.

garlandKey commented on 2024-04-29 23:56 (UTC) (edited on 2024-04-30 00:05 (UTC) by garlandKey)

Package is failing when using yay. Any tips?

ERROR Backend 'setuptools.build_meta' is not available.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
  Aborting...
 -> error making: vdu_controls-exit status 4
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
vdu_controls - exit status 4