Public bug reported: This has been a bug for forever and it is sad nobody has considered fixing this.
In a multi monitor setup with two different vertical resolutions e.g. 1600x900 and 1920x1080. Assuming the primary desktop is on the smaller screen and has a lot of icons. Some of the icons go missing into the 180 (1080 - 900) pixels of black space that is padded onto the smaller screen to make its height match that of the bigger screen. The problem does not affect applications but for some reason the desktop thinks it is bigger than it actually is. Please fix this. Its an LTS come on! I have attached a screenshot which will show you the name of a file being cropped into black space because of this bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.33~pre201203250400-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 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: Mon Mar 26 17:41:25 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120315) MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 3700 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-21-generic root=UUID=0dff56dc-b7f6-4666-84d4-2d881de783ee ro quiet pcie_aspm=off SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/25/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A10 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A10 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd10/25/2010:svnDellInc.:pnVostro3700:pvrA10:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvrA10:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA10: dmi.product.name: Vostro 3700 dmi.product.version: A10 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 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 multimonitor precise ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/965431 Title: Desktop icons not fully visible with multiple monitors of different vertical resolution To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/965431/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs