Public bug reported: The following is of personall opinion, I expect others to disagree.
A few months ago at the UDS this video was recorded to show the upcoming multi-monitor support: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lbwNMnNUGFA I was very excited about this video, as in 11.10 the 'solution' to multiple monitors was just to duplicate the dash/launcher/top bar comletely and only have the "nautilus desktop" span across the multiple screens. The video that was release at UDS demonstrated that each screen had it's own properties, and that the launcher was only shown by default on the main screen (they are actually hidden after watching the video again which is dissapointing) In my opinion, the way that Unity handles multiple desktops should be similar to how Gnome-Shell handles multiple desktops. Only the main screen will get the launcher and top bar, and the subsequent screens will just be added workspaces. I seriously hate the redundancy of having multiple identical looking screens except for a few icons and the windows themselves. In the system settings>displays there is already the gnome-shell specific option to drag which screen the top menu should be on, perhaps we could just piggyback off of this same feature and have that same setting determine which screen all of the Unity junk should be on. That way for people who have gnome-shell and Unity installed, the setting would be shared between the two. Again, these are just my personal observations, but I feel like I am not alone in the idea that duplicating the Unity shell on each screen is not the proper solution. And it is nearly identical to how it was in 11.10. (Did anything even change since 11.10?) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.4.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Sun Mar 4 12:51:23 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cayman PRO [Radeon HD 6950] [1002:6719] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:186b] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) MachineType: EVGA 132-YW-E179-FTW ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=e13ba62a-6ba1-43f1-8380-8c409080a450 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG dmi.board.name: 132-YW-E179-FTW dmi.board.vendor: EVGA dmi.board.version: 1 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: EVGA dmi.chassis.version: 132-YW-E179-FTW dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd09/11/2009:svnEVGA:pn132-YW-E179-FTW:pvr1:rvnEVGA:rn132-YW-E179-FTW:rvr1:cvnEVGA:ct3:cvr132-YW-E179-FTW: dmi.product.name: 132-YW-E179-FTW dmi.product.version: 1 dmi.sys.vendor: EVGA version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 precise reproducible ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/946625 Title: Unity multi monitor support still needs work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/946625/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
