I have the same problem here. As additional hint: During my user session, my monitors are layouted correctly (Laptop monitor right, external left, as configured in Unity Control Center), but lightdm doesn't respect that (as ~/.config/monitors.xml isn't read by lightdm I suppose), so during login the external monitor is on the right.
The display resolutions are the same during login and user session. This seems to lead to the problem that the display buffer needs to change because the monitors are going to be switched. Could it "solve" (optically) the problem if lightdm would just accept the multi monitor setting of the user? This seems to need another setting in Unity Control Center/Display like "Use this settings for login screen" (needs to be "unlocked" like in user settings too). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850885 Title: (oneiric) greeter screen displayed incorrectly with external monitor during login Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in unity-greeter package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am running up to date (as of 15 Sept) Oneirc beta on a laptop with an external monitor. When booting with the monitor plugged in, I see the following: - what appears to be the default greeter/sign in screen displayed correctly for a second or two - a white flash - that same sign in screen re-displayed but this time it is only in the top 2/3 of the laptop screen, with the bottom third of that screen blank. It works (i.e., I can log in), but looks shoddy. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/850885/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
