Public bug reported: This is an old bug that has been made much more serious by Raring. In the past, after disconnecting an external display, windows are almost invariably stranded in strange positions relative to the remaining display (typically, one's laptop). These windows would show up with clicking on the workspace switcher.
As of Raring, the workspace switcher is disabled by default, so now clicking on various dock icons results in nothing visible happening. The best workaround I've seen so far is the use 'Alt-SPC' to bring up a menu to move or maximize a window and drag it back onto the visible display should one remembers the last relative monitor positioning used. This is similar to the report in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/923051, although this report calls the placement merely 'strange'. I also suffered this bug under Precise and Quantal, but the removal of the workspace switcher as to be able to recover the window makes this bug *much* more serious. It's sufficiently serious that use of hot-plug multiple displays could be considered effectively non-functional by most even moderately savvy people on laptops, as I see it. ** Affects: ubuntu 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/1166673 Title: After disconnection of other displays, windows are placed offscreen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1166673/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
