James,
Thanks, done. The original report is now 3 reports. I think I managed to
write better reports this time in any case, and I see your point; I'm
not sure which issue Sebastien is referring to.
** Summary changed:
- Difficult to control monitor resolutions, and bad handling of plugging and
unplugging external screen
+ External screen issues on suspend and wake, but not on reboot
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
I am using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Toshiba Portege R500 laptop. I use my laptop
at home and at work, and have an external monitor at work (a BENQ
T241WA). I often suspend my laptop when travelling, rather than shutting
it down.
- After disconnecting an external monitor and waking up from suspend, the
- panel at the bottom of my desktop is not visible (presumably it is on
- the missing external screen). In this case I have to go to
- System->Preferences->Screen Resolution to rescan the screens and remove
- the external one.
+ If I suspend while using an external monitor, and later wake up without
+ this monitor, the panel at the bottom of my desktop is not visible
+ (presumably it is on the missing external monitor, or beyond the borders
+ of my smaller laptop monitor). In this case I have to go to
+ System->Preferences->Screen Resolution to rescan the monitors and remove
+ the external one, setting the resolution to the maximum handled by my
+ laptop.
- When I run Windows (this is a dual boot system) it is easy to choose
- whether to use the external screen in full resolution and just disable
- the laptop screen, or to use both (with different resolutions and
- different content). Both of these choices are difficult in Ubuntu, where
- the default behaviour seems to be to put the same content on both
- screens, but if one is screen is smaller, only show what you can from
- the top left corner. It doesn't seem to help to drag the screens in the
- Monitor Resolution Settings window to different positions relative to
- each other. "Clone Screens" is not set.
-
- When waking Ubuntu from suspend, there seems to be some trouble using
- the external screen. When I connect it, I get "Out of range" errors on
- the screen. This usually works after rebooting, however.
+ Also, when waking Ubuntu from suspend, there seems to be some trouble
+ using the external screen when it wasn't in use before. When I connect
+ it, I get "Out of range" errors on the screen. This usually works after
+ rebooting, however.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
gnome-control-center:
Installed: 1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4.1
Candidate: 1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4.1
Version table:
*** 1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4.1 0
500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:2.22.1-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
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External screen issues on suspend and wake, but not on reboot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253227
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