Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
Le 10/07/2011 06:13 AM, PCMan a écrit : For the desktop panel: 1. one panel per monitor, configured separately 2. one panel exending to the external monitor 3. one panel staying on main monitor, no panel on the external one 4. one panel exending to the external monitor, but have the most important panel applets on the main monitor, and the rest on the external monitor 5. Other possibilities... For the desktop icons manager, options are: 1. icons on main monitor only. 2. some icons on main monitor, others on the external monitors. (Then how to handle icon rearrangement when the external monitor is disconnected?) 3. others... For wallpaper: 1. one wallpaper per monitor 2. one wallpaper extending to all monitors 3. others... I think it's a good idea to collect usages of dual monitor users first. For example, I use dual monitors on a desktop computer like this : - I have one main screen, where I mainly works and stay focus on it. - I expect to have on this main screen the panel and the icons - I doesn't matter where is the wallpaper :) - I don't plan to plug and unplug my monitors :) But, when you use it as a laptop user, it's probably different (presentation, frequently plug and unplug ...). Regards, Julien ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:13 AM, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com wrote: Multi-monitor support is a long standing issue. Here I'd like to ask everyone. How should a muli-monior desktop bahave? For the desktop panel: 1. one panel per monitor, configured separately 2. one panel exending to the external monitor 3. one panel staying on main monitor, no panel on the external one 4. one panel exending to the external monitor, but have the most important panel applets on the main monitor, and the rest on the external monitor 5. Other possibilities... For the desktop icons manager, options are: 1. icons on main monitor only. 2. some icons on main monitor, others on the external monitors. (Then how to handle icon rearrangement when the external monitor is disconnected?) 3. others... For wallpaper: 1. one wallpaper per monitor 2. one wallpaper extending to all monitors 3. others... Things goes much more complicated since X supports XRandR, Xinerama, other vendor-specific solutions, X11 Display/Screen stuff. Implementation details for them are totally different. So how exactly should a desktop behave and be implemented? What will happen after Wayland is introduced and is widely accepted? We had better have a conclusion on the specifications before anything is going to be implemented. Comments needed. Thanks! In my setup, I prefer: One panel on main monitor, none on secondary OR mirrored panels on both. Icons on main monitor only (actually, I prefer a clean desktop with no icons other than mounted devices). One wallpaper per monitor, configurable. xrandr works comfortably for me. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:13 AM, PCMan pcman...@gmail.com mailto:pcman...@gmail.com wrote: Multi-monitor support is a long standing issue. Here I'd like to ask everyone. How should a muli-monior desktop bahave? For the desktop panel: 1. one panel per monitor, configured separately 2. one panel exending to the external monitor 3. one panel staying on main monitor, no panel on the external one 4. one panel exending to the external monitor, but have the most important panel applets on the main monitor, and the rest on the external monitor 5. Other possibilities... For the desktop icons manager, options are: 1. icons on main monitor only. 2. some icons on main monitor, others on the external monitors. (Then how to handle icon rearrangement when the external monitor is disconnected?) 3. others... For wallpaper: 1. one wallpaper per monitor 2. one wallpaper extending to all monitors 3. others... I woud vote for: - one panel staying on main monitor, no panel on the external one - icons on main monitor only. - for the wallpaper i think this should be configurable, but blank by default -- jpxsat ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
Hello, Is there anyway to add Extend Desktop option to the ...? I was able to find out how to do from the terminal, but it would be really nice if it were built into the system by default. It doesn't seen like it would be too hard to build a script that would let the user set it up through the GUI, but maybe I'm wrong. Here is were I found out how to do it: http://www.pixelshine.net/howto/2011/02/03/dual-monitors-lxde-lubuntu-fixed/ http://intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html At the very least, maybe this info could be linked to the wiki. Thanks, Tim ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
Actually I believe that this option should be added to the LxRandr. Thanks for sharing the link... I will use it on future... =] Gabriel Salles ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
It was mooted is on the 'wish list'... However, as stated on http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18t=84 it does not work for everyone, so advising caution telling people that they are 'on thier own' is the best for now. Regards, Phill. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Gabriel Salles gabrielper...@gmail.comwrote: Actually I believe that this option should be added to the LxRandr. Thanks for sharing the link... I will use it on future... =] Gabriel Salles ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
Thanks Phill, I will try GrandR and see how it works on my laptops later today/tonight. Both are fairly new so there probably won't be any surprises. One is running Lubuntu and the other has Peppermint Two. Tim On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote: It was mooted is on the 'wish list'... However, as stated on http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18t=84 it does not work for everyone, so advising caution telling people that they are 'on thier own' is the best for now. Regards, Phill. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Gabriel Salles gabrielper...@gmail.comwrote: Actually I believe that this option should be added to the LxRandr. Thanks for sharing the link... I will use it on future... =] Gabriel Salles ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
Le 10/06/2011 02:44 PM, Tim Bernhard a écrit : Is there anyway to add Extend Desktop option to the ...? There is another trick that I use for my desktop, to workaround the limitation of lxrandr : 1. Save a configuration using lxrandr = you should have a ~/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart.desktop 2. Install arandr 3. Configure your desktop using arandr 4. Save the layout inside ~/.screenlayout/layout.sh 5. Copy the command line (starting with xrandr) in ~/.screenlayout/layout.sh, and paste it in ~/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart.desktop, by replacing the text after Exec= 6. On each restart, this layout will be preserved. Regards, Julien Lavergne ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Extend desktop across dual monitors -- a feature I would like to see in Lubuntu 12.xx
Multi-monitor support is a long standing issue. Here I'd like to ask everyone. How should a muli-monior desktop bahave? For the desktop panel: 1. one panel per monitor, configured separately 2. one panel exending to the external monitor 3. one panel staying on main monitor, no panel on the external one 4. one panel exending to the external monitor, but have the most important panel applets on the main monitor, and the rest on the external monitor 5. Other possibilities... For the desktop icons manager, options are: 1. icons on main monitor only. 2. some icons on main monitor, others on the external monitors. (Then how to handle icon rearrangement when the external monitor is disconnected?) 3. others... For wallpaper: 1. one wallpaper per monitor 2. one wallpaper extending to all monitors 3. others... Things goes much more complicated since X supports XRandR, Xinerama, other vendor-specific solutions, X11 Display/Screen stuff. Implementation details for them are totally different. So how exactly should a desktop behave and be implemented? What will happen after Wayland is introduced and is widely accepted? We had better have a conclusion on the specifications before anything is going to be implemented. Comments needed. Thanks! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: Le 10/06/2011 11:18 PM, ohiom...@gmail.com a écrit : Sounds great. Will the configuration go back to default when I disconnect the extra monitor without rebooting or will I need to reconfigure it? Can you save more than one configuration? No, it's not dynamic, you have to do it again if you unplug the monitor. Can this kind of functionality be built into the system at some point? Yes, it's a goal, but it's still not ready. Regards, Julien Lavergne ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
