Dynamically changing the primary monitor on nvidia doesn't change the launcher in unity

Bug #962228 reported by Didier Roche-Tolomelli
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Bug Description

1. Show only one launcher (on primary monitor)
2. Change the primary monitor on nvidia-settings
-> see that the launcher doesn't change the display unless you save it in xorg.conf and then restart X.

apparently, it's possible:
tseliot | didrocks: hopefully you'll find something useful in nv-control-events.c to get the right event
tseliot | didrocks, Trevinho: the actual string you might want to check is "NV_CTRL_STRING_TWINVIEW_XINERAMA_INFO_ORDER"

Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Jayson Rowe (jayson.rowe) wrote :

This is similar to what I'm seeing - can't decide to open a new bug. In the "Display" preference pane, I only have one giant display showing since I use the Nvidia drivers, so I can't choose which monitor I want the launcher on - only if I want it one one "display" (which is shown as 'Unknown'), but if I do choose All displays, It will show on both monitors.

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Jayson Rowe (jayson.rowe) wrote :

Forgot to add...if I choose only one monitor (Unknown), the single launcher is in the middle between the displays. I'm not sure exactly if this bothers me, as I think I like having the Launcher on both screens, but I'm still undecided on that...

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) wrote :

Hello and
thank you for taking the time to report this bug. We have tried to recreate this on the latest release of Ubuntu, but cannot reproduce it. This bug is being marked as Invalid. If you believe the problem to still exist in the latest version of Ubuntu, please comment on why that is the case and change the bug status to NEW.

Regards
NickTh

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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