would you guys try arandr and report? On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Erik Rasmussen <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 >> > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > > -- MH mikeholstein.info <http://www.mikeholstein.info/>
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