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lxqt-session package

  1. Bug #1814490
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 1814490

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote : Re: lubuntu 19.04/19.10 xscreensaver runs on single display, other display continues normally

On d960 box..

To have screensaver hide only 'top' of my two displays (positioned one above the other with top slightly right)

- tick "Keep monitors attached"
- move a monitor so they snap together
- in screensaver click 'preview' or wait until it kicks in

The screensaver will only show on top display, bottom will not be hidden.

To have screensaver work on both displays

- untick "Keep monitors attached"
- position monitors so a tiny gap exists between them
- in screensaver click 'preview' or wait until it kicks in

The screensaver will cover both displays.

I think the "Keep Monitors attached" causes a pixel (or two?) to overlap (when dropped & they 'snap' together to 'be attached'; upstream have claimed to have fixed this - but I got confused trying to test their 'patch'; so whilst Dan may have included the patch downstream in Lubuntu maybe it didn't work as well as hoped (and I didn't report upstream)...