Comment 5 for bug 788240

That sounds like an X11/Driver bug to me, not a compiz bug

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Christopher Barrington-Leigh
<email address hidden> wrote:
> AFter yet another update, things got worse again! Actually, worse than ever. It's back to completely unusable external monitor. If I boot with it plugged in, I get multicolor flashing screen / unusable. If I plug it in after logging, the screen goes black and useless. If I unplug it to recover, I get a black responseless screen with an arrow cursor. I cannot recover and must reboot.
> I'm back to early 1990s functionality now under the latest Natty updates. (Very very discouraged)
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/788240
>
> Title:
>  full-screen window mode doesn't work on lower of two monitors in
>  extended workspace under Unity
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  Alt-F10, the default for expanding a window to full-screen, has no effect in the lower of two monitors in an extended desktop.
>  In the upper monitor, it snaps nicely back and forth to full screen.  In Compiz / 10.10, it worked nicely by snapping to the local full-screen in either upper or lower display.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>  CompositorRunning: compiz
>  DRM.card0.DP.1:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.DP.2:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.DP.3:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.HDMI.A.3:
>   status: disconnected
>   enabled: disabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes:
>   edid-base64:
>  DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
>   status: connected
>   enabled: enabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes: 1440x900 1440x900
>   edid-base64: AP///////wAwrjZAAAAAAAASAQOAHhN46uWVk1ZPkCgoUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBwSmg5FGEGjAwIDYAL74QAAAZ3iKgLFGEfjAwIDYAL74QAAAZAAAADwCVCjKVCigeCQBMo0JUAAAA/gBMVE4xNDFCVDA4MDAxAMs=
>  DRM.card0.VGA.1:
>   status: connected
>   enabled: enabled
>   dpms: Off
>   modes: 1680x1050 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1440x900 1440x900 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 720x400
>   edid-base64: AP///////wAebbNWgDoDAAsSAQNqMSB46q7FoldKnCUSUFSna4CVD5UAgYCBQHFPAQEBAQEBfC6QoGAaHkAwIDYA2igRAAAaITmQMGIaJ0BosDYA2igRAAAcAAAA/QA4Sx5TDwAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABXMjI0MQogICAgICAgAEg=
>  Date: Wed May 25 09:58:50 2011
>  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>  DistroCodename: natty
>  DistroVariant: ubuntu
>  DkmsStatus: virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-8-generic, x86_64: installed
>  GraphicsCard:
>   Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>     Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21c1]
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
>  InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
>  MachineType: LENOVO 2901CTO
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=7bcaa9ff-22c9-4574-b9f1-04b21eff087a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Renderer: Unknown
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  dmi.bios.date: 09/16/2010
>  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.bios.version: 6UET54WW (1.34 )
>  dmi.board.name: 2901CTO
>  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.board.version: Not Available
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6UET54WW(1.34):bd09/16/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2901CTO:pvrThinkPadT410s:rvnLENOVO:rn2901CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
>  dmi.product.name: 2901CTO
>  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410s
>  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
>  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
>  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
>  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
>  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
>  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
>  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7
>
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Sam Spilsbury