[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 216144 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216144 xrandr does support specification of the primary display. e.g. xrandr --output HDMI1 --primary ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 216144 gnome-display-properties should allow the primary screen to be chosen -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
Of course, there are also certain driver level issues that can have a serious impact on functionality. For example, I believe it is impossible to control the primary display if the Intel drivers are being used; on a laptop (the most common place to use multi-head I think) these will almost always regard an external display as primary (I got stuck with the "monitor on top" issue. I am not sure what features are available from Nvidia, ATI or the free-drivers or if these features remain consistent across the range. How these discrepancies get addressed is, I am afraid, beyond me. So even if additions were made to Gnome, I seriously doubt the required features and controls would be consistently available. I am afraid I am no big expert on the matter - I have simply given up trying to get multi-head to work as it was just too difficult and this has, basically, halted my attempts to adopt Linux for now. I have only managed to find documentation on behaviour from external sites (i.e. not run by the Gnome project), one example is http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2#Note_for_Gnome_users so perhaps my information is wrong? -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
I had to manually set my primary monitor as the primary one using xrandr. That is not a task an average user could, nor should ever perform. So I can't but agree: There needs to be an easy way to set primary display. -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
Can I second (third?) this? Not being able to explicitly define the primary display is a serious limitation to me as an average end-user. With a laptop the on-board display is (generally speaking) primary, regardless of what external display device is attached as that external device could be removed at any time. Setting the primary based on position is next to useless (external display are often above a laptop display) I would not call this a "wishlist" item, I would call it a "must have". Compare how hard it is to configure multiple displays with X and how easy it is with XP. Guess what one of the first things a new Linux user with a laptop will try isyup, dual screens. The gnome display manager should include this new (vital) feature and the other xrandr functions. -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
The same for me. I have two displays, the 15" LCD (LVDS) of the laptop Ubuntu is running in, and an external 19" CRT. The graphics chip is an Intel GM945. it looks like the LCD is set as the primary display (i.e. where all the toolbars are located, where fullscreen videos will show, and where all new windows appear) only when the CRT is set left to, right to or under the LCD. Unfortunately, my setup is with the CRT _over_ the LCD (I think it's a similar setup as Effenberg0x0). When I set this in gnome-display-properties, the external CRT is always set to primary. So it looks like the criterion for choosing which is the primary display depends on the displays' position, which is no good for me. Also, xrandr --output LVDS --primary simply does nothing for me. I'd strongly suggest to include an option like "Set this display as the primary", and clearly show in the displays' graph which of them is the primary. -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
I'm having the exact same issue as Effenberg0x0. I'll post back here if I find anything. -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
A have a Dell notebook with a Intel Graphics Chipset (13", 1280x800 resolution) and a external Samsung LCD monitor (17", 1280x1024). When I plug the external monitor I use xrandr to enable it: xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --output VGA --mode 1280x1024 --above LVDS It works, but gnome-panel, Avant-Window-Navigator, the Desktop Icons and etc are all instantly moved to the external screen. All new applications I open initiate are displayed in the external monitor. The external screen is supposed to be secondary, not primary. If for some reason I unplug the external monitor, the LVDS is unusable (no gnome-panel, no icons, no applications - It all is still on the external monitor) so My only option is to ctrl+alt+backspace. I'm using Intrepid and running Compiz. Since the upgrade to Intrepid, I have no xorg.conf. Is there a way to define the LVDS as *always* primary and the external as *always* secondary, in a way that Gnome-panel, AWN, desktop icons, new dialogs, etc will *always* be in the LVDS unless I drag them to the external display? I'm searching for it for a month with no luck. I'm not sure but I think this bug report might be related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x11-xserver-utils/+bug/206528 Thanks. -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
My guess would be that totem may be fiddling with the framebuffer directly in that case, whereas when windowed it uses the window manager which is smarter about xrandr. But I'm not 100% sure. Another case came up for this bug, where if the user's system has two displays of drastically different resolution, they may care to designate the non-primary display as primary (if it's the higher resolution one), so the toolbars, etc. come in right. -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
** Changed in: x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xrandr => x11-xserver-utils -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
I use totem. I have a question: why if it's possible to have the video in both displays while in windowed mode, it is not possible with fullscreen? -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
Hmm, I'm not sure xrandr really has a way to change the primary display on the fly. I'll refile this against xrandr, but I'm not sure if it will ever be implemented.. Probably the better solution is to get your video display application to be xrandr aware and allow you to control which monitor is used for the full screen display, since then you would be able to choose where to have full screen without having to reconfigure X. I would encourage you to please file bug(s) against the respective video applications you use, requesting Xrandr support for selecting the output to use when going fullscreen. ** Changed in: xrandr (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-control-center => xrandr Assignee: Bryce Harrington (bryceharrington) => Ubuntu-X (ubuntu-x-swat) Status: New => Confirmed -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 206528] Re: gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Bryce Harrington (bryceharrington) -- gnome-display-properties: no way to set which is the primary monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
