On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 23:32, Simon Males <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Henare Degan <[email protected]> wrote: > > In all seriousness it's been OK fighting^Wusing it today but that's > > because I'm not using "advanced" features like two whole monitors. > > Since it took Linux about 10 years to get multi-monitor working last > > time I'm guessing it'll be another 10 until Unity sorts that out too. > > My colleague had a new install of 11.04 for about two weeks and > upgraded to 11.10 yesterday, on new T-Series Lenovo laptop. > > Multiple monitors seem to just work.
I'm on a T-series ThinkPad too and there were simple things that just flat out didn't work after the upgrade e.g. I couldn't maximise a window, it'd just vertical maximise to one side of the screen. However, this morning things are looking really good with my multiple monitor setup and working how I would expect - I think I know why. Before the upgrade (and for some time) I've had a few bits of custom Compiz config, nothing crazy although I guess some people call wobbly windows crazy :) My hypothesis is that this custom config was interfering with Compiz/Unity and that was the source of my post upgrade woes. Why do I think this? Well yesterday I was using my notebook with no additional screen and I needed to just Get Stuff Done so I battled with Unity to try and get a working environment. This involved a bit of research and resulted in running `unity --reset`, which resets (amongst other things?) your Compiz config. Hopefully that might help others. If all else fails and you want to give Unity a red hot go, try running `unity --reset` and restarting/logging back in. Cheers, Henare -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
