Applications launched from the menu running on DISPAY=:0.1 are opened on DISPLAY=:0.0
Bug #345595 reported by
Gavin Robertson
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #290935: dual screen all panels end up on one screen at startup.
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-main-menu
When running dual monitors with separate X screens, anything launched from the menu running on DISPLAY=:0.1 is opened on DISPLAY=:0.0, it should open on the same display i.e. DISPLAY=:0.1
Anything launched via "Run Application" dialog (ALT+F2) or from a terminal running on DISPLAY=:0.1 is opened correctly on DISPLAY=:0.1
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
apt-cache policy libgnome2-0
libgnome2-0:
Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu1
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I can definitely confirm this!
Has been around since the first alpha I've tried and as of today it's still there.
How to reproduce:
1- configure your xserver in order to have 2 separate x screens :0.0 and :0.1 no xinerama no twinview
2- at a first look the menu load correctly and you have two gnome panels as expected one per monitor
3- try launching an app it opens on the first monitor :0.0 even if launched from :0.1
the solution above works and that's how I've been working around the issue. so it seems the enviroment variable DISPLAY isn't set correctly causing this extreme usability bug which was not present on the previous release of ubuntu. I hope this will be fixed soon because it hinders me entirely from using my computer