Applications launched from the menu running on DISPAY=:0.1 are opened on DISPLAY=:0.0

[Gavin Robertson]

Binary package hint: gnome-main-menu

When running dual monitors with separate X screens, anything launched from the menu running on DISPLAY=:0.1 is opened on DISPLAY=:0.0, it should open on the same display i.e. DISPLAY=:0.1

Anything launched via "Run Application" dialog (ALT+F2) or from a terminal running on DISPLAY=:0.1 is opened correctly on DISPLAY=:0.1

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

apt-cache policy libgnome2-0
libgnome2-0:
  Installed: 2.26.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.26.0-0ubuntu1

[Stefano Angeleri (weltall)]

I can definitely confirm this!
Has been around since the first alpha I've tried and as of today it's still there.
How to reproduce:
1- configure your xserver in order to have 2 separate x screens :0.0 and :0.1 no xinerama no twinview
2- at a first look the menu load correctly and you have two gnome panels as expected one per monitor
3- try launching an app it opens on the first monitor :0.0 even if launched from :0.1

the solution above works and that's how I've been working around the issue. so it seems the enviroment variable DISPLAY isn't set correctly causing this extreme usability bug which was not present on the previous release of ubuntu. I hope this will be fixed soon because it hinders me entirely from using my computer

[Diego Malatesta (diego-malatesta)]

I can confirm the issue and I can say that It's really really annoying for someone used to the dual screen workflow.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Why is this a duplicat of https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290935 ?

I have this behavior on my Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 and not the behavior described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290935 .

This bug is reported upstream in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580103

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290935 is reported upstream in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561964