I've observed this problem with dual or multiple monitors on Ubuntu Studio 11.10 as well.
Is anyone successfully using 2 or more monitors on Ubuntu Studio 11.10 ? If yes, how did you get it to work? * * On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 13:15, Len Ovens <[email protected]> wrote: > Testing on an aspire one netbook. Using daily ISO from NOV 25. > > - tried using xrandr... shows what I have but when I tried to put screens > side by side it just gave me a usage screen. Man page was no help it > seemed to indicate I was doing things correctly. > - installed grandr and was able to put the external monitor to side. > Mouse moves freely from one monitor to the next. Upper panel can span > both monitors. Applications like parole that can go full screen with no > decorations grab only one monitor. I have not installed presenter or > lyricue to see if they deal properly with the separate monitors. (control > panel on one and display on the other) Are there slide show apps that can > use this too? I am just thinking what might be useful for live > performance... Lyricue would be happy with two computers, one for control > and the other for display anyway, but dual monitor would be more > portable. > > Xrandr shows everything as screen 0 only. Grandr shows output as cloned > with Extend "greyed" out. I don't seem to be able to get the two monitors > to show up as two workspaces. Probably because there is only one screen. > The workspace panel applet shows only the apps on the one screen... which > ever screen is left or above. > > Still, for more screen real estate it works fine. QjackCtl, Hydrogen and > Ardour are much easier to use with two screens... just move the mouse from > side to side. Applications can be placed on the screen who's geometry best > fits. > > I will install and test the two programs above and see if they work. > > > > -- > Len Ovens > www.OvenWerks.net > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel >
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