Desktop icons and the mouse may reside in areas that are covered by no monitor.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I'm extending my laptop monitor with a native resolution of 1366×768 with an external display with a native resolution of 1280×1024. This situation is poorly handled.
Here's a representation of my setup, which I mirrored in the Monitor configuration:
╔════════╤════════╗
║░░░░░░░░│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
║░░░░░░░░│▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
╟────────┘▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓┌───────╢
║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓│░░░░░░░║
╚═════════╧═══════╝
▓ laptop monitor
▒ external monitor
░ area that is not covered by any monitor
═ shape of the virtual desktop
─ shape of the area that is actually covered by monitors
The ░ area should not be eligible for mouse placement and desktop icon placement, but it is in Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 under GNOME (including Unity). Other desktop systems may also be affected but I didn't try them all.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 8 13:40:37 2010
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meta-gnome2
summary: |
- Multiple monitor support is poor. + When using more than one monitor with different resolutions, desktop + icons and the mouse may reside in areas that are covered by no monitor. |
summary: |
- When using more than one monitor with different resolutions, desktop - icons and the mouse may reside in areas that are covered by no monitor. + Desktop icons and the mouse may reside in areas that are covered by no + monitor. |
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
As suggested by the guys at #ubuntu-bug