Yes, confirmed on point 1 - the display issue is also present in classic desktop, so is most likely an xorg bug or udev config or something.
Updated description. ** Description changed: unity: - Installed: 3.8.2-0ubuntu1 + Installed: 3.8.2-0ubuntu1 There are a raft of very bad usability issues with docking my laptop (Thinkpad X200 1280x800, Displayport monitor 1600x1200 res). It's a serious usability problem. - * The display always goes to mirroring on minimum shared resolution. - This is not what I want - it's about as far from what I might want as it + * [Update: this applies to classic desktop too, so is not a Unity bug]: + The display always goes to mirroring on minimum shared resolution. This + is not what I want - it's about as far from what I might want as it could be. I have to find/use the monitors app and make complex multi- step changes *every single time* to get where I want: only external display. I chose "set as default" in the Montors app to no apparent effect; it's not clear to me what else or more I can do. The display is heavily corrupted sometimes during this, with black areas around. I'll try to get screenshots or photos. - * The notification icons in the top right get duplicated and the - Ubuntu logo top left disappears (sometimes). Using the mouse to unhide - the launcher never works properly; it gets stuck half way out, never - retracts. The keyboard Super key will coax it out and escape can force - it to go away + * [Update: this is now fixed as of 3.8.4]: The notification icons in + the top right get duplicated and the Ubuntu logo top left disappears + (sometimes). Using the mouse to unhide the launcher never works + properly; it gets stuck half way out, never retracts. The keyboard + Super key will coax it out and escape can force it to go away - * probably as a result of the period at very low res, many apps get + * probably as a result of the period at very low res, many apps get forced automatically to maximized state. This is really annoying and particularly confusing in association with: - * all my apps get sent to workspace 1 and have to be redistributed... + * all my apps get sent to workspace 1 and have to be redistributed... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/753910 Title: connect to docking station, display mirrors, corrupts -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
