Despite the information automatically submitted by the graphic applet, uname reports a different kernel version. $ uname -a Linux cscfpc15.cs 2.6.20-12-386 #2 Wed Mar 21 20:53:13 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux -- /etc/init.d/displayconfig-hwprobe.py fails to run https://launchpad.net/bugs/94031