[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2012-05-24 Thread Omer Akram
** Changed in: system76 Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2012-05-24 Thread Alexandre Otto Strube
Is this still an issue? I stumbled over this bug when looking at some other issue, and I don't have it myself. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monito

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-19 Thread Jimmy Merrild Krag
Thanks! I have only experienced bug 750481 myself, but will report if I find further issues when I get time to test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple

Re: [Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-19 Thread Omer Akram
bug 795454 bug 795458 bug 795459 bug 750481 were fixes for dual-monitor cases in the latest SRU in natty proposed. Read the latest comments of Daniel Manrique who tested the fixes and pointed of a few remaining issues still, I thought they were reported but they are not. Would be nice if you report

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-19 Thread Jimmy Merrild Krag
Yes, I installed the proposed version of Unity, but I have not had the chance to test it yet. However, that was not the point of my question. If this bug is invalid anyway, and there are separate bugs for each issue, then a post linking to these separate bugs would be found by people googling the

Re: [Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-18 Thread Omer Akram
Jimmy did you try Ubuntu-11.04 with the proposed version of Unity first? On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Jimmy Merrild Krag wrote: > Perhaps it would be an idea to post an overview of those bugs here? > This bug is kinda a sink for broken monitor support issue, isn't it? > > -- > You received th

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-18 Thread Jimmy Merrild Krag
Perhaps it would be an idea to post an overview of those bugs here? This bug is kinda a sink for broken monitor support issue, isn't it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title:

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-18 Thread Omer Akram
The latest version of Unity in natty-proposed fixes most of the multi- monitor issues. The remaining bugs are being tracked as separate bugs. The bug is being closed because there are other bug reports for specific multi-monitor issues. Also the issue wont be fixed in Ubuntu-10.10 as the version o

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-17 Thread Yuriy Voziy
This is totally broken. I should reboot after I connect the second monitor to my laptop. I had to do this twice a day!!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multi

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-14 Thread teet
The workaround in post #49 seemed to do the trick for me. I'm using 11.04 with ubuntu classic. I just created a simple script that contained only the line "DISPLAY=":0.1" compiz --replace &", placed it in my /usr/local/bin, chmod +x to make it executable, and added it to my startup applications l

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-13 Thread CoderGuy
My video card (Ati Radeon 9600 Pro) means that Ubuntu is completely unusable for me. - Massive artefacting, as if no redraw was happening. - No window focus on the secondary screen. - Unity menu shown on the left of the right screen. so in the centre. The situation was slightly improved by disabl

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-06 Thread Craig Fratrik
The workaround from #51 worked for me. Thanks @zishmusic . Sometimes it helps to use alt and left click drag so you can move windows even if you can't see their title bar. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-06-01 Thread zishmusic
I have the same issue as described in #36. I managed a partial workaround, which works most, but not all the time. I have a keyboard shortcut set up to open a terminal. From there, I open 'gnome-display-properties', which usually sets the resolution on both screens when it opens. If not, desele

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-27 Thread Robert Drozda
It works partially for me. Display=:0.1 compiz --replace & enabled window decorations, mouse clicks and apps can run fullscreen. Still no panel and launcher on secondary X screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-26 Thread Christoph Dwertmann
I've managed to fix the problem by having a Gnome startup script that contains: DISPLAY=":0.1" compiz --replace & This starts compiz on the secondary display and resolves all issues that I had with the mouse, keyboard and window decorations. -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-25 Thread Carl Richell
** Also affects: system76 Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list u

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-25 Thread Jon Eliot
Dual screen with Unity and Natty, 64-bit version on a Lenovo Thinkpad X201s. Intel graphics chip. Display port used for the external monitor at work, VGA at home, the same symptoms. With the external monitor logically to the right of the laptop, everything is just fine. With the external monitor

Re: [Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-18 Thread Daniel Carrasco Guariento
@Jimmy That is how it appears to me as well. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-18 Thread Jimmy Merrild Krag
I can't get an overview of this bug right now. Can anyone from my screenshot tell me if this is the bug? ** Attachment added: "Issue1.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/661450/+attachment/2133615/+files/Issue1.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-14 Thread Colin
I think a bug I am getting may be related to this one on Natty with Unity. I am using an older HP Notebook with the Ubuntu provided ATI drivers (no proprietary drivers available). When I plug in a monitor, it mirrors the desktop and programs fine. However, the first thing noticed is that the sea

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-14 Thread Lars Jarlvik
This might actually be a compiz related issue. I'm currently trying out the Fedora 15 beta and had no issues with missing borders and non functional keyboard until I installed compiz. After installing compiz I'm experiencing the same kind of issues as when running Ubuntu. If I run xfwm4 --replace

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-13 Thread jozefs
I have the same issues. On 11.04 final Unity multiple monitor configuration from my Asus N73 laptop is completely unusable. In Classic everything works fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-09 Thread Torsten Bronger
The comments make me think that they are talking about two issues. I think that my problem is rather high-level whereas the reporter's problem is rather low-level. Be that as it may, the initial description of this bug doesn't describe my issue. If the underlying bug really is the same, my repor

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-09 Thread James Wu
@Torsten Bronger: I had filed a separate bug report for the exact issue you mentioned weeks ago and it got merged back to this bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title:

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-09 Thread Torsten Bronger
For the problems with the useless secondary X screen, I filed a separate bug #779867. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bug

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-09 Thread Keot
@Torsten Bronger, @Robert Drozda: I have the same issue with Unity and the proprietary nvidia driver when set to "separate X screen" (Xinerama disabled). No resolution problems. The 'screen locked' screen sometimes appears on the secondary monitor and works without fault. However there is no windo

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-08 Thread Torsten Bronger
I experience the same as Robert Drozda. nVidia, "separate X screen", and the second screen (screen1) is useless. I can see it, I see the wallpaper image, I can move the mouse cursor and right-click on the background. However, I see no way to place an application on it. In summary, the second ap

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-07 Thread Joni-Pekka Kurronen
hi, have natty 11.04, 3 monitors, two cards NVIDIA 8200 onboard only hdmi used for TV , 8400 at PCI as primary twin view at primary adapter work's for two screen's can get even 4 screen's on but at secondary adapter keyboard is not seen bt application. If Xinerama ON then all screen's are bla

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-07 Thread Hoi Lam
I can confirm that this occurs to me using the "final" production installation (11.04) as well. The secondary screen has black areas which seems to be available to opened applications but I cannot see. Please find five screenshots attached explaining what is wrong: 1. Setting both monitors to thei

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-04 Thread Lars Jarlvik
I can confirm that this occurs in Xubuntu 11.04 as well with the nVidia proprietary drivers. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubu

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-03 Thread lowsky
With Nvidia 460 GTX cannot run Unity with two monitors using Nvidia's two X session option. The second screen only shows the wallpaper and I have right click ability but using commands like Alt+F2 bring up the command on the primary display. I need to switch to Ubuntu Classic mode to get the des

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-05-02 Thread Simon Déziel
I am also affected on Natty 64bit on a Lenovo T410 with an Intel graphic card. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bugs maili

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-30 Thread Vangel Ajanovski
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 and only had problems with multiple monitors with Unity (as I have already displayed above). No problems with classic desktop (gnome panel) and now for 2-3 weeks I am running Gnome3 Shell, no problems at all! Before switching to Gnome Shell, Unity behaviour was a bit bug

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-30 Thread Robert Drozda
Same here. Nvidia card/proprietary driver. Second monitor is recognized and configured as separate X screen, I can see desktop and mouse with right click. No panel, no launcher, apps on second monitor cannot run in fullscreen... Oh, this is serious bug. No problem with previous versions. -- Yo

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-25 Thread Kyle M Weller
confirmed this on 15 other dell and custom pc's with nvidia cards -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-19 Thread Kyle M Weller
This effects me with Ubuntu Natty latest updates as of 4/19/2011 @ 10:41PM I have no unity/gnome panel and just a desktop with right click abilities, to remedy this issue I must install unity 2d so I can view fullscreen videos on my samsung tv. Enabling unity2d however does not enable the gnome

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-16 Thread LisandroVCR
When I try to use dual monitor set up I'm geting a black screen in both while still seeing the mouse. Disconnecting the display leaves me with a black screen in my laptop. Curiously restarting makes both screens show Ubuntu turning off loading in correct resolution each. -- You received this bu

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-16 Thread SB
Following the xrandr workaround proposed by Tich (thanks again!), maybe one can solve this problem by adding a selection box to the monitor preferences utility which lets the user select which screen is "primary". This seems like a small "bitesize" bug, or a "papercut"... never understood the diff

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-16 Thread Lars Jarlvik
Having the same issues here with the NVIDIA proprietary driver with separate X screens configured. The window borders are missing and I can't full screen any applications. They're also a bit unresponsive. This is a really big issue and it affects a lot of people, as I see it this must be fixed bef

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-16 Thread SB
Tich, your xrandr trick works for me! Thanks. Do I need to run it every time I turn on my computer? I sometimes work with a single display (the laptop) so if I add this line to a startup script, can it mess up my display when I use a single screen? Thanks again! -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-14 Thread Tich
I fixed it with this very simple, yet somehow hard to come by xrandr trick! This is my config: xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2960 x 1050, maximum 8192 x 8192 LVDS1 connected 1280x800+1680+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 287mm x 180mm 1280x800 59.8*+ 1024x768

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-12 Thread Tich
Can somebody please tell me how to get the unity panel to show up on my main monitor to the left? I would also like to disable the information area on the panel on my secondary monitor (laptop, to the right) because it needlessly duplicates information. I don't mind the panel being extended to th

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-11 Thread James Wu
Sorry, I don't know how to edit my last comment, I thought I'd be clearer on the last comment about the wallpapers. Basically the wallpaper gets cropped on the bottom and right by the same wallpaper at a completely different resolution. When I drag my mouse across the surface, the wallpaper gets r

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-11 Thread James Wu
I just wanted to add that on my machine, twinview works fine but sometimes what happens is that when I log in, the wallpaper on my primary monitor doesn't work. As well, when I have 2 or 3 X screens running (I have 3 monitors), keypresses seem to be only caught on the first X screen and not on the

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-04 Thread Peter Dietz
Bilal, Its 11.04 Compiz Unity I believe, it switched to my default when I upgraded to 11.04 beta. I had never used Unity under 10.10. For reference, when I select "Ubuntu Classic" as my default session in 11.04, window maximizing behaves properly. However, with "Ubuntu" (aka. Unity) as the default

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-04 Thread Bilal Akhtar
Peter, Is your comment about the 10.10 Mutter Unity or 11.04 Compiz Unity? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Dietz
When I have a window on my primary screen, and I click maximize, it moves the window to the secondary screen, and makes it very tall, narrow, and skinny. I expected it to take up all the room possible on the current screen I was on, the primary screen. This is very annoying, and unless its resolve

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-28 Thread LisandroVCR
I get a ridiculous amount of bugs trying to use a secondary display not to mention extended desktop which I can't get to work at all. Sometimes it just shows the secondary screen black, sometimes it shows a panel, sometimes the primary screen has a wallpaper but the other doesn't and sometimes Unit

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-28 Thread LisandroVCR
I can replicate the bug in my set up. I get the correct resolution but when I extend the monitors I can only move the mouse to the secondary screen. Also sometimes it stops prompting for the correct resolution on the secondary monitor preventing me from using it neither as a extended display nor

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-28 Thread Vangel Ajanovski
Today I have noticed some other behaviour, when hooking to laptop to lcd projector. The laptop resolution is 1366x768 and the projector is 1024x768, and immediately after connecting the cable i saw an extended destop background on the projector, but was not able to put mirror of the picture. After

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-28 Thread Andrew Bolster
Update: In my issue, tabbing doesn't matter; no windows are being properly resized on the 'primary' monitor and are having their top sections obscured by the panel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-28 Thread Andrew Bolster
** Attachment added: "Lower screen is 'primary', upper is 'secondary'. Both chrome instances have tabs" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/661450/+attachment/1949875/+files/panelissuescreenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-28 Thread Andrew Bolster
I can't replicate this exact behaviour on my Lenovo x61, but am having issues related to tabbed windows (such as chrome, terminator, etc) whereby on the 'secondary' monitor (where the unity panel isn't being displayed), they work fine, but on the primary panel (unity panel) the windows are being re

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-07 Thread Vangel Ajanovski
I have HP Pavilion dm4t (Intel + ATI 5470HD hybrid) and sometimes xrandr shows the connected screens as: - LVDS1 and VGA1 nowadays as: - LVDS2 and VGA2 and today i managed to switch to ATI and restart X and then xrandr showed the screens as: - LVDS-2 and VGA-2 Maybe the problem is also related t

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-05 Thread Wayne Davison
** Attachment added: "External (larger) monitor on the right of laptop (smaller) screen." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/661450/+attachment/1887806/+files/ext-right.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-03-05 Thread Wayne Davison
Fuy: what happens if you logout and back in after adding the second monitor? For me, I had setup my 2nd monitor in a classic session, with my 1920x1200 external monitor to the left of my laptop's 1400x1050 monitor (aligned at the top). I then logged into a unity session, and saw the unity int

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-01-18 Thread Neil J. Patel
** Changed in: unity Milestone: 3.4 => 0.2-sru -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 Title: Support for multiple monitors broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ub

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2011-01-05 Thread Funnnny
Lauch Monitor and extend desktop to two monitor still broken, the 2nd monitor can only see the mouse. But duplicate image on 2 monitor works fine for me. Currently using Dell Inspiron 1464 with IntelHD -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-12-01 Thread Neil J. Patel
Going to use this as a tracker bug for coming back before A2 to make sure multi-monitor support is feature-complete. ** Changed in: unity Milestone: None => 3.4 ** Changed in: unity Assignee: (unassigned) => Neil J. Patel (njpatel) -- Support for multiple monitors broken https://bugs.l

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-11-15 Thread Jorge O. Castro
I was talking with Neil earlier today and told him I would investigate this on my dual monitor desktop. Prior to this windows weren't maximizing correctly and things that should have worked (like synergy) stopped. We suspected that the port to compiz would inherit it's better multimonitor support.

Re: [Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-11-05 Thread Daniel Carrasco Guariento
> Hmm, can you try with the GNOME session and report what happens? Also, > if possible, a picture of the monitors showing the error would be great > for debugging. The behavior is the same on the Gnome session. But the general behavior of the bug has gotten worse. Now if I so much as open the Moni

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-11-01 Thread Neil J. Patel
Hmm, can you try with the GNOME session and report what happens? Also, if possible, a picture of the monitors showing the error would be great for debugging. -- Support for multiple monitors broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-10-31 Thread KillerKiwi
Please make sure this gets fixed, X support for dual monitors is poor enough (ie you cant dual screen with multiple graphics cards, a feature in windows since at least win2000) without crippling it even more with a broken Unity. Just make sure the project lead is using 2 monitors and I'm sure this

Re: [Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-10-18 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
importance high This is a key thing to get right in Natty, even if "right" is only parity with the desktop. Mark ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => High -- Support for multiple monitors broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661450 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-10-18 Thread Didier Roche
** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: unity Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: unity Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -

[Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

2010-10-15 Thread Daniel Carrasco Guariento
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