[i945] external screen has unusable space

[Christian Stöveken]

Binary package hint: metacity

This problem manifests in a horizontal monitor setup with the internal screen being below the external monitor
and the monitor-edges not ligning up and the internal monitor having a lower x-resolution
than the external one and the internal one not overlapping the edges of the exernal one.

Attached is a screenshot how it can show.
The two terminal windows show the usable space on the external monitor - also
you can see them extend into the laptop's screen - so the unusable part is not
the x-width of its screen.

When maximizing a window on the external monitor - that uses about 1/5th of
the screen's width and full height.

Further info will be attached from the affected computer shortly.

[Christian Stöveken (excogitation)]

Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: metacity 1:2.27.1-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Christian Stöveken (excogitation)]

xrandr output of a setup where this bug shows

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.