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Gnome-shell: after unplugging second monitor desktop is messed up

Ubuntu 12.04, Gnome-shell 3.4 Hello everybody, when I unplug my secondary monitor from my notebook, desktop begins to look like this: screenshot As you can see, desktop is being "dived" into two ...
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Fullscreen bug using dual monitors on top of each other (GNOME3)

OK, so I have this weird bug. I have set up my monitors on top of each other As you can see the screens aren't totally aligned which is the way I want it. Now, here's the bug: I can't fullscreen ...
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possible to move windows between x-displays? Hopes lifted because bin/gimp can do this

For the longest time I have been convinced that it is not possible to move windows between X displays, and this question has been asked a few times only to be shot down as here: Cannot move monitors ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 & Nvidia 304 Causes Two Gnome-Panel

I just upgraded from Nvidia-curent to the 304 experimental so that I could install Steam. The 304 package is working just as well as the current driver on my setup except that when I log in I get two ...
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Can't place windows on center of the screen

I'm using the gnome3 desktop as packaged by https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team. On my two monitor setup (14'' laptop, 24'' attached monitor) I can't place any window near the center of my seccond ...
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Gnome3 pointer barrier not working with dual monitors

I have a dual monitor setup using Gnome3 on Ubuntu 12.04.1. Misc Info: In the past I used Fedora, there was a pointer barrier between my two monitors in the upper left corner so that I can hit the ...
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Three monitors - move window left or right by keyboard shortcut

I have three monitors, and I want to map keyboard shortcuts to move the active window to the monitor to the left or right of the current monitor. Compiz CCSM 'put to next output' feature does what I ...
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workspace shifts when I turn on secondary desktop

When I turn on a secondary desktop (FullHD LCD) by Nvidia X Server Settings software, desktop workspace shifts to the right (see screenshot). On the screenshot there is secondary monitor while the ...
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How can i show the thumbnails of workspaces so they don't autohide? (Gnome3)

in my Gnome3-Desktop i have installed 2 screens and when i press the overview of the opened windows and a thumbnail of the workspaces show up. I like that behaviour and installed gnome3 on my laptop, ...
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Dual monitor in Gnome 3 fails to resume properly login screen

I am using Gnome remix with Ubuntu 12.10 in my dual screen setup 2560 x 1440 + 1600 x 1200. The problem that I am facing is when my computer resumes from stand by, I cant see the login window or type ...
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Ubuntu desktop slightly too big on HDMI TV

When I connect my Panasonic Viera TV (720p) via HDMI to my notebook the desktop is cut on the TV. I tried different resolutions but no matter which it's always cut on each side... I had the same ...
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Dual Monitor with two different window managers

I have dual monitors. I have had different window managers on each monitor before. Like Gnome in one and KDE in the other. It was a nice way to show off Linux. I would like to do this again but I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 cursor changes

I have a weird problem with my Ubuntu 12.04 dual screen setup (Toshiba laptop + one monitor). After a while the cursor on one screen completely changes its shape (not every time). I don't really know ...
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Enabling a multi display desktop completely broke Gnome Shell. Help?

I've been trying to get my dual desktops working on Ubuntu for a while. I previously had them as one large desktop, but that was incredibly slow for some reason. I tried to switch them to multi ...
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Dual monitors with one above the other?

I'm using Gnome 3 and proprietary Nvidia drivers. I have tried to set in nvidia-settings my external monitor to be "above" my main one (it's a laptop). However, when I try to drag a window up from the ...
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Gnome 3 - Multiple Video Cards - Xinerama — Forced Fallback Mode

Just installed a 2nd nvidia video card -- previously had gnome 3 working perfectly with 2 monitors on a a single video card using twinview tried a number of things thus far twinview on 1 card + ...
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Is it possible to have the activities and notification bars on both monitors?

I have setup Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome-shell 3.2. Is it possible to have the activities and notification bars on both monitors?
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With Xmonad / GNOME, switch gnome-panel between monitors

I'm using gnome with Xmonad as my window manager on Ubuntu 11.10. When I use a external monitor with my laptop, extending the desktop with either nvidia-settings or disper, the gnome-panels (Top bar ...
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gnome-shell failed to launch when dual monitor detected, nvidia card

I installed a clean precise. I like gnome-shell so I installed it. It worked well with single monitor. But It does not work well when I go to office, plug my external monitor onto my laptop. I am ...
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gnome-control-center can't set display resolution under openbox

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 with Openbox on my laptop. Since I need to plug different external displays into it and Openbox environment doesn't automatically pick them up, I thought the best solution I ...
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gnome shell + external monitor = garbage (ubuntu 11.10 on eeepc)

i'm using gnome shell on an asus eeepc (atom N570, 1Gb ram, opengl renderer mesa DRI intel IGD). As soon as i connect my external monitor, i get garbage on both screens. When i disconnect, the display ...
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Permanantly set monitor as primary [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to change primary monitor permanently (with ATI driver)? I am running Ubuntu 12.04 (beta) with a triple head setup and GNOME 3 desktop (ie "GNOME" selected not ...
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Gnome shell with multi-device and multiple monitors [closed]

I have two radeon 4850 HD with a crossfire link, with two monitors attached to each card. How do I configure xrandr to treat this as one big desktop? I've had all 4 monitors working with ximerama, but ...
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Gnome Shell dual monitor issue (minor)

I am experiencing a minor issue with Gnome Shell and 2 screens. I'll do my best to explain it: Both screens work the way I like, no issues with that. But, screens appear to be few pixels to the right ...
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Wallpaper always tiled on one screen with dual monitors

It seems like there is a bug in gnome-shell. It's just impossible for me to add a wallpaper that will be spanned on boths screens. It's either spanned on the first and tiled on the second screen or ...
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Gnome Shell - modal popups on dual screen systems [closed]

I'm working on a laptop, which I connect to a second monitor if I'm at my desk. Everything works more or less well, but I'm having an issue with modal popups, especially in the Eclipse IDE - if used ...
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Triple Monitor Setup with Nvidia and Compiz

I have a triple monitor setup with two video cards on Ubuntu 10.04. I have the monitors and graphics cards currently setup as follows: Nvidia Geforce 210 #1 -> 1920x1080 Monitor (Twinview) [Center ...
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Workspace stays fixed on external monitor when switching workspace

Im using ubuntu 11.10, running, and loving, the gnome3 interface. I am running an optimus enabled laptop with bumblebee. i just figured out how to put the top panel on my external monitor ...
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How do I put the top panel on an external monitor in GNOME3?

In Gnome 3, i would like to put the top panel on my external monitor in Ubuntu 11.10. How do i do this?
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Gnome-shell doesn't start with three monitors and two graphic cards [closed]

I had a nvidia gtx 210 (pci-e 16x) running with 2 monitors, official nvidia drivers and gnome-shell. After that, i wanted to add a third monitor, so i added a second nvidia gtx 210 (pci-e 1x) to my pc ...
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Windows don't behave properly on a second monitor in GNOME3

Using the unity interface i have no problems with my dual monitor setup. However, when i load gnome 3, windows placed on my second monitor don't act right. I can only place windows on the left and ...
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How can I make gnome-shell treat both monitors in the same way?

Gnome-shell seems to like to leave one monitor as "fixed" when you switch workspaces. Additionally, there is no preview in the Activities view of my secondary monitor. Also, on the second monitor, ...
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I cannot set up dual monitors to work with 11.10 using amdcccle 11.9

I've installed the ati catalyst drivers 11.9 manually because the default ones don't work with gnome-shell. But when that I try to change the settings in amdcccle(adminstrative) to use multi-display, ...
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How to choose in which display the login box will appear?

I have 2 monitors where the desktop is extended. They are connected to an AMD/ATI video card through DVI cables. When I boot the login form is shown at the secondary monitor, but when I log off it's ...
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Multimonitor menu bar

Does anyone know of a way of extending the menu bar from one screen all the way across to the other, so that the gnome menu bar spans both/all monitors? I'm basically looking for something similiar ...
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How can I disable Macbook screen when the lid is closed whilst continuing to use an external monitor?

After getting Ubuntu setup on my Macbook Pro with Gnome Shell, there is one little thing irritating me: I have an external monitor connected which is set as primary in the Nvidia control panel. I'd ...
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What is wrong when the X display does not cover 100% of the framebuffer on a HP2540p laptop

Whenever I have a dual monitor setup on my Laptop, one screen is the laptop display and the other the external monitor, I get into trouble with the X server framebuffers. Often the larger of the two ...
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Dual monitors: one monitor starts blinking and after a while turns black

I am using dual monitors in Ubuntu 11 with classical interface (Not Unity). I am using two monitors. The system can detect and automatically configure the monitors correctly. The problem is that after ...
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Dual Monitor results in 'greyed' windows

This occurs in Maverick and Natty. Single screen is fine, mirror of single screen is fine. If the mirror box is unchecked and the second monitor is turned on to extend the desktop then all windows ...
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Gnome panel hides window titlebar

I moved my laptop screen "below" external screen (was using left/right config before). There's a little problem. When my gnome panel is on top of laptop screen, all windows I maximize "drawn" under ...
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Configuration tools for multiple monitors for X / Linux

I have Ubuntu 10.04 running gnome and two monitors. I am wondering if a can get a better multi-monitor configuration tool. The one I have, gnome-display-properties, has too many problems, including: ...
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How to force GNOME panels et. al. to display on a different monitor without mirroring?

So, I recently purchased a new 23" monitor for my PC. However, I can't use it with the PC currently as I am waiting on a replacement heatsink. In the mean time, I wanted to use it with my Dell laptop. ...
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Can I set up 2 monitors to be 2 separate Gnome virtual desktops instead of one big?

If I plug an external CRT to my laptop, it normally either displays the same picture as the laptop's panel, or extends the desktop area. But I'd like it to be a separate virtual desktop (a workspace, ...