On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:26:37 -0800 David Moylan <[email protected]> said:
> On 03/04/2014 01:50 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:56:19 -0800 David Moylan <[email protected]> > > said: > > > >> On 03/03/2014 09:15 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >>> On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:12:42 -0800 David Moylan <[email protected]> > >>> said: > >>> > >>>> On 03/03/2014 05:38 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 16:26:10 -0800 David Moylan > >>>>> <[email protected]> said: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On my laptop I plugged in an external monitor. Everything worked fine. > >>>>>> However, when I disconnected the external monitor it didn't revert to a > >>>>>> single monitor state. The windows that were on the external monitor > >>>>>> are still offscreen and if I scroll off the screen in that direction > >>>>>> the mouse disappears as if it's on the phantom screen. Only one > >>>>>> monitor is shown under screen settings. Is there a way to manually go > >>>>>> back to single screen mode? > >>>>> screen setup dialog. > >>>> How so? Screen Setup dialog only shows one monitor (which is correct) > >>>> but doesn't give me any options to rectify the situation. > >>> tried dragging it around? if a mini monitor icon is inside of it - click > >>> it (this indicates cloning). this dialog should be showing the current > >>> screen setup/state and let you modify it. > >> Yeah, I've tried changing the resolution by dragging the corner of the > >> single monitor shown. That does change the resolution, but doesn't do > >> anything to affect the phantom monitor. No other icon is shown inside > >> the single monitor. xrandr output shows only the single monitor > >> connected. Other options are all listed as disconnected. Reconnecting > >> the external monitor is fine as well and the existing windows are all > >> still there. > > hmm ok. then we don't have an e error here... > > > > either > > > > 1. xserver is broken - randr just has no idea whats going on, and e just > > knows what randr tells it, so not much we can do... > > > > OR > > > > 2. you aren't using randr... you're using old-fashioned multihead setup > > and you have another SCREEN there. xdpyinfo will list all screens - > > normally you have only screen #0, but if you have multihead you'll have > > screen #1 (or more). there is no way to dynamically configure this via x, > > so you must have configured this via xorg.conf or some custom > > driver-specific tool, but if you have multihead... it's in your ballcourt > > as there is no way we can modify it, configure it or otherwise de-configure > > it for you. > > > I believe xrandr knows what's happening. When external monitor is > connected, it shows 2 monitors. When disconnected it only shows the > primary monitor connected. So that's all correct. xdpyinfo shows only > one monitor whether the external is connected or not. So, I don't think > I'm using that method. If e is using xrandr than it should have the > correct info on the monitor config. I assume it is getting correct info > because the Screen Setup panel shows the correct layout of monitors > whether the external is connected or disconnected. However, the > configuration of the desktops when switching from 2 monitors to 1 does > not update. It updated correctly when going from 1 to 2, but now it's > stuck in that state. well if xrandr is showing 1 screen, then screen setup should too - and then your mouse should not go off the edge... but it does... it sounds like you have somehow hit a bug in x where xrandr state does not match the actual one... -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
