Menus shows up on the wrong screen with xrandr dual screens

[Tom Molin]

Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10

 > apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Candidate: 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

> apt-cache policy libxrandr2
libxrandr2:
  Installed: 2:1.2.3-1
  Candidate: 2:1.2.3-1
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.2.3-1 0
        500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When I click on menus such as a bookmark toolbar subfolder, I expect it to drop down beneath the folder.
Instead it shows up on the first screen regardless if firefox is on the first or second screen/viewport.

The same behavior was also in Ubuntu Desktop 8.04.

EDIT:

I've noticed that this occurs only if firefox was started when there were one screen, and then you extend the viewport to the second screen with xrandr and then move the browser/email client to the new screen.
If you kill/shutdown the applications and start it on the second screen the menus show up on the second screen as it should.

This is still a bug though we have a workaround for it.

[Anthony Noto (angusthefuzz)]

Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better! Could you please post a screenshot so that we can better understand the behavior. Additionally, please attach your X server configuration file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the "Attachment:" box below. Thanks!

[Tom Molin (tom-molin)]

~ > cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Configured Screen Device"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
 SubSection "Display"
  Virtual 3200 1280
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

~ >

The screenshot is attached. As you can see I clicked the File menu, but it shows up on the first screen. The same goes for thunderbird, which I suppose share a lot of the same code.
Other programs such as Eclipse or gnometrics does not behave like this.

[Martin Thoma (themoosemind)]

I also have this bug with ubuntu 8.10:

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
 DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

[Kimbotha (r-launchpad-covil-net)]

I too have this issue with a recently upgraded Jaunty and the second screen on the left. Although im my case it currently seems to place the menu across the divide between the displays.

I will attach xorg.conf, Xorg.0.log and output from xrandr.

[Kimbotha (r-launchpad-covil-net)]

Xorg.0.log from Jaunty

[Kimbotha (r-launchpad-covil-net)]

xorg.conf from Jaunty

[Kimbotha (r-launchpad-covil-net)]

Output from xrandr on Jaunty

kimbotha@carbon:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2592 x 900, maximum 3120 x 1050
LVDS connected 1440x900+1152+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 303mm x 190mm
   1440x900 60.0*+
   1280x854 59.9
   1280x800 59.8
   1280x720 59.9
   1152x768 59.8
   1024x768 59.9
   800x600 59.9
   640x480 59.4
VGA-0 connected 1152x864+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 406mm x 304mm
   1280x1024 85.0 75.0 60.0
   1152x864 75.0*
   1024x768 85.0 60.0
   832x624 74.6
   800x600 85.1 75.0 60.3
   640x480 85.0 75.0 59.9
   720x400 70.1
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
kimbotha@carbon:~$

[Martin Emrich (emme)]

I also see this sometimes (not always) on jaunty amd64, on a Thinkpad X61s (Intel 950, internal screen + external VGA screen).