Catalyst is unable to support a second monitor (Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2)
Bug #929892 reported by
Tom Inglis
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I am testing Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 on the ThinkPad E525.
I am using the latest version of Catalyst (installed via jockey).
I have a laptop screen (1366x768) and an LCD Panel (1920x1080) connected via HDMI.
In the open source driver, it is possible to configure a multi monitor display, where the two desktops are separate. With Catalyst this is not possible in the latest version of Unity.
I'm not sure whether this is a unity problem or an upstream problem with fglrx. Presumably the latter will need to support whatever changes are made for the final 12.04?
Let me know if there's any info I can gather on this.
Revision history for this message
| Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote | #1 |
| affects: | unity (Ubuntu) → fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
| tags: | added: precise |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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It's a pure Catalyst problem. The FGLRX driver powers the X server, which powers Unity. Unity doesn't have to deal with those internals of the system, it just draws a shell and updates it as needed (i.e. when a new monitor is added or removed), but it doesn't have anything to do with the monitor configuration itself.