Problem while moving screens in the "monitor preferences"

[Nicolas Michel]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

I'm under Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop in 64 bits. I already had the same problem on the 10.04.

To have the bug, you necessarily need at least two screens with different resolutions.
I'll explain my case, with my laptop screen (resolution of 1280x800) and my TV which have a HD resolution : 1920x1080.

Steps to reproduce the bug :
- connect the TV with VGA cable on my laptop
- launch "monitor preferences" application
- activate the TV
- switch from left to right (or inversed) the laptop screen and the TV screen with drag and drop in the "monitor preferences" window. (for exemple : monitor preferences put the TV on the left by default. But in the real world, my TV is on the right of my laptop).
- then there is a "hole" in the workspace of the bigger screen (TV in my case) and that hole seems to correspond to the bigger resolution minus the smaller one. That hole is black (it hides the wallpaper) and can't be used as workspace (this is not only a problem of hiding the wallpaper but really a piece of the workspace which is missing).

To "solve" the problem, I then need to decrease the resolution of the TV screen. And increase it again to its real resolution (1920x1080). At that point, I have my TV screen well configured!! Pffiou...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 25 13:41:59 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!