Public bug reported: Binary package hint: compiz
My laptop has an external monitor attached via a VGA port. The main display (with Gnome panel etc) is the laptop screen and the external monitor is configured as being the left-most display. Most applications launch on the active display, however some Java applications, and any Firefox or Google Chrome popup windows do not. They always launch on the left-most (external) display when launching from the right display. If I use xrandr to configure them the other way around, the problem reverses and these 'problem' applications that are opened from the external (now rightmost) monitor always open on the laptop (left-most) display. In short some applications and popup windows will always open on the leftmost display regardless of which display they were launched from. It is only a simple matter of dragging them back over but it is especially annoying when the monitor is switched off or disconnected from the laptop. Note that most applications do not have this issue and it appears to especially affect applications which spawn additional windows. Steps to reproduce (with dual monitors): Go to any ebay listing in Firefox or Chrome and click the 'enlarge photo' button, extra 'popup' window will go to leftmost monitor every time regardless of which display browser is running in. An example Java application that does it: http://sourceforge.net/projects/violet/files/violetumleditor/0.21.1/com.horstmann.violet-0.21.1.jar/download Thanks in advance anyone who can help with or fix this! ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,vpswitch,workarounds,gnomecompat,video,png,commands,dbus,titleinfo,neg,session,extrawm,regex,text,mousepoll,svg,imgjpeg,resizeinfo,snap,wall,fade,expo,addhelper,ezoom,scale,staticswitcher,scaleaddon] Date: Sat Feb 6 21:27:58 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz.real MachineType: LENOVO 8742WF1 Package: compiz-core 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400 [1002:7145] ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=72a448df-d748-4237-95c3-782b87458a36 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: compiz Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7IET34WW (1.15 ) dmi.board.name: 8742WF1 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7IET34WW(1.15):bd07/16/2008:svnLENOVO:pn8742WF1:pvrThinkPadT60:rvnLENOVO:rn8742WF1:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 8742WF1 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T60 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.31-19-generic ** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- Compiz - some applications and popups open on wrong monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
