Ubuntu 11.10 AMD64
Nvidia card with Nouveau driver
Laptop monitor 1440x900
External monitor 1680x1050
This is what I got (starting with both monitors enabled):
Open Thunderbird, move it to external monitor, set window size to maximized, close Thunderbird, disable external monitor, open Thunderbird: Thunderbird is maximized on laptop screen - OK
Open Thunderbird, move it to external monitor, set window size to 1500x950, close Thunderbird, disable external monitor, open Thunderbird: Thunderbird is maximized on laptop screen - OK
Open Firefox, move it to external monitor, set window size to maximized, close Firefox, disable external monitor, open Firefox: Firefox is maximized on laptop screen - OK
Open Firefox, move it to external monitor, set window size to 1500x950, close Firefox, disable external monitor, open Firefox: Firefox is running but not visible - NOT OK!
In the latter case, if I re-enable the external monitor Firefox appears to be maximized on the external monitor.
My setup:
Ubuntu 11.10 AMD64
Nvidia card with Nouveau driver
Laptop monitor 1440x900
External monitor 1680x1050
This is what I got (starting with both monitors enabled):
Open Thunderbird, move it to external monitor, set window size to maximized, close Thunderbird, disable external monitor, open Thunderbird: Thunderbird is maximized on laptop screen - OK
Open Thunderbird, move it to external monitor, set window size to 1500x950, close Thunderbird, disable external monitor, open Thunderbird: Thunderbird is maximized on laptop screen - OK
Open Firefox, move it to external monitor, set window size to maximized, close Firefox, disable external monitor, open Firefox: Firefox is maximized on laptop screen - OK
Open Firefox, move it to external monitor, set window size to 1500x950, close Firefox, disable external monitor, open Firefox: Firefox is running but not visible - NOT OK!
In the latter case, if I re-enable the external monitor Firefox appears to be maximized on the external monitor.