Thanks for the suggestion. But I'm not convinced this has to do with 'default monitor' settings. If a process's window is on one monitor, any new windows (or processes) started by it should show up on the same monitor (be it default or not).
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:24 AM, ChrisKelley <ckel...@ca-cycleworks.com> wrote: > Use xrandr to find your monitor names then xrandr --output MONITORNAME > --primary > > Then add that as a command to your System->preferences->Startup menu. > > Reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9489366 > > There should be a tickbox on the Monitor Preferences dialog along with > the monitors to set the primary monitor. > > -- > With dual monitors (TwinView), maximized windows start up in wrong screen > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224845 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in The Metacity Window Manager: Fix Released > Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > > Bug description: > I am using two displays, after I added these relevant changes to the default > xorg.conf (and enabled the restricted nvidia driver): > > Option "TwinView" > Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024 1280x1024" > Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" > > If I close gedit (or firefox or thunderbird, ...) while it's in a maximized > state, the next time it will start in my left virtual screen every time. No > matter if I start it from a gnome panel on either monitor, or via Alt-F2, or > from a console. > > The main window does actually get created on the virtual screen where the > mouse pointer is. But after 1/10 of a second it invariably gets moved to the > left screen. > > If I leave the main window unmaximized before closing it, the next time I > start gedit , it will start on the correct screen. > > Perhaps related to this: I've initially seen this on Firefox, so I tried the > mozilla.org 3.0b5 linux binary and got the same behaivour. But if I try with > Firefox 2.0.0.14 from mozilla.org, the window gets created on the correct > screen when starting maximized. Unfortunately as soon as I click anywhere on > the window, it jumps to the left screen. > > Tested with (fresh ubuntu 8.04 install): > > - firefox 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 > - gedit 2.22.1-0ubuntu1 > - metacity 1:2.22.0-0ubuntu4 > - nvidia-glx-new 169.12+2.6.24.12-16.34 > - xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu10 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/metacity/+bug/224845/+subscribe > -- With dual monitors (TwinView), maximized windows start up in wrong screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224845 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
