Public bug reported: Certain programs don't seem to co-operate well with a dual monitor setup. If it is of any importance, my setup is a laptop with a TV plugged in via HDMI. So far I've found that VLC media player and Oracle Virtualbox won't play nicely with two monitors. When both monitors are in use, virtualbox crashes before it can open, and vlc tends to freeze the entire system, requiring a hard reboot. If I run these programs while only one monitor is being used and plug in the second one, they'll start misbehaving if moved to the other monitor. virtualbox and vlc will both become way too huge to be usable.
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Release: 18.04 xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 Version table: *** 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:7.7+19ubuntu7 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-47.51~18.04.1-generic 5.4.55 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Sep 22 12:02:21 2020 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 [8086:5916] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HD Graphics 620 [103c:8364] InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-21 (214 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) MachineType: HP HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cc0xx ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-47-generic root=UUID=da68f1b9-ec5f-4962-8098-08f28713396e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/03/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.13 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 8364 dmi.board.vendor: HP dmi.board.version: 46.23 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.13:bd11/03/2017:svnHP:pnHPPavilionLaptop15-cc0xx:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn8364:rvr46.23:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Pavilion dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cc0xx dmi.product.sku: 1KU17UA#ABA dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId dmi.sys.vendor: HP version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic ubuntu ** Attachment added: "Screen recordings of some of the issues" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1896645/+attachment/5413232/+files/multiple-screen-problem.tar.xz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1896645 Title: Dual screen window size problem Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Certain programs don't seem to co-operate well with a dual monitor setup. If it is of any importance, my setup is a laptop with a TV plugged in via HDMI. So far I've found that VLC media player and Oracle Virtualbox won't play nicely with two monitors. When both monitors are in use, virtualbox crashes before it can open, and vlc tends to freeze the entire system, requiring a hard reboot. If I run these programs while only one monitor is being used and plug in the second one, they'll start misbehaving if moved to the other monitor. virtualbox and vlc will both become way too huge to be usable. Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Release: 18.04 xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 Version table: *** 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:7.7+19ubuntu7 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-47.51~18.04.1-generic 5.4.55 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Sep 22 12:02:21 2020 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 [8086:5916] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HD Graphics 620 [103c:8364] InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-21 (214 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) MachineType: HP HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cc0xx ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> PATH=(custom, no user) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-47-generic root=UUID=da68f1b9-ec5f-4962-8098-08f28713396e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/03/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde dmi.bios.version: F.13 dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 8364 dmi.board.vendor: HP dmi.board.version: 46.23 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.13:bd11/03/2017:svnHP:pnHPPavilionLaptop15-cc0xx:pvrType1ProductConfigId:rvnHP:rn8364:rvr46.23:cvnHP:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Pavilion dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cc0xx dmi.product.sku: 1KU17UA#ABA dmi.product.version: Type1ProductConfigId dmi.sys.vendor: HP version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1896645/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp