On 11 August 2011 12:13, James Morrissey <morrissey.jam...@gmail.com> wrote: > So Colin's suggestion worked!
Wow, amazing. Apparently "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" is not always true. > > Once i logged in with Ubuntu classic desktop (no effects) i could set > the resolution i wanted (via monitor preferences) and everything > works. I am somewhat embarrassed that i didn't see that option when i > first tried this. I imagine you would also have trouble with the Unity interface if you tried it. If you install unity-2d however then that may well work ok. > > The only issue i am left with now is that screen size appears to be > taken from the larger 19" monitor. This means that the mouse can fall > off the top or bottom (or both) of the smaller monitor, depending on > where i position the smaller monitor in relation to the larger one > (again, in 'monitor preferences'). This isn't much of an issue however > as the GNOME menus bound the size to which applications maximise in > the smaller monitor. So i am happy to live with this. I think that is a fact of life if your actual screens do not fill the total virtual screen area. There will be bits of the virtual area that things can get lost in. > > One last thing then, since i had enough memory to run the resolutions > but the advanced effects were messing up the presentation, is it worth > filling a bug on this? That sounds like a good idea. Even if it does not get fixed the workaround will be recorded there for others to find. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
