I have asked this first on the Xfce mailing list, because I thought it is an easy configuration problem... but sadly: it is NOT.
I am on the way to replace a notebook running Xubuntu 18.04 with a new one running Xubuntu 22.04. Both have a second external monitor attached. Everything runs fine on the new notebook when using just the internal display, but not with the second, external HDMI monitor. I do no want the standard configuration with one $DISPLAY, but I want the so called Zaphod mode with independent displays where I can switch the workspaces independently. With the default (non-Zaphod) mode, a workspace switch is done always on both displays, together. Unusable for me. After activating the Zaphod mode via a handcrafted xorg.conf on the new Xubuntu 22.04 notebook I see now only on the internal display windows and the panel, the external display is just black, BUT I can move the mouse to it and I can see the mouse pointer! So, the external display is recognized by X11, but I cannot start there any programs with the mouse. Nothing is clickable. What I can do is starting X11 programs this way from the internal display: DISPLAY=:0.1 <program> <args...> I discovered that the problem arrived first with Xubuntu 19: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15116 The cause was the switch to GTK3 which does not support any longer Xfce Zaphod mode. Xfce 4.12 still uses GTK2 which supports Zaphod mode. Now my question: (How) is it possible to use Xfce 4.12 with Xubuntu 22.04? Is some kind of downgrade possible? I do not need any new fancy stuff coming up with the new Xfce 4.16 but I REALLY need independet workspace switching! My desktop work flow is based on it! -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<20230306110248.ga21...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de> -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users