Questions about multiple monitors (Including projectors), how to set them up, troubleshooting the configuration, etc.
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How do I disable mouse magnet on middle edge with multi monitors?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 on a two screen setup. Multiscreen on 12.04 has generally become much better, but there is one thing that really gets on my nerves: there's a mouse magnet of sorts on the middle ...
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Resolution issue causing login screen loop
My ubuntu (version 10.10 i think) is stuck in loop at the login screen. looks like it could be a resolution issue. - i have an nvidia graphics card (gs 8400). I previously had it connected to a 19" ...
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6answers
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How can I remove duplicate second Unity Launcher on a Dual Screen setup?
See attached image. On my dual screen display I have a Unity Launcher on the left hand screen and also on the right hand screen. Both work perfectly fine.
I don't want two Unity Launchers. Every time ...
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8answers
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Dual monitor applications opening on wrong monitor
I am new to ubuntu, been using it for about a month now. I created this desktop for myth tv, and so i use a dual monitor configuration(one monitor for watching shows, and one for everything else). But ...
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3answers
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notify-osd and dual monitors
I use Ubuntu 10.10 on a laptop, with an external monitor, which is used as the primary. Notify-osd alerts show on the connected monitor, as I want.
However, some days ago I removed both gnome panels ...
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4answers
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How does Unity work in multi-monitor configurations?
Unity in 10.10 appeared to be focused around single monitor configurations with a single tasking workflow. This works quite well on a netbook which has limited screen real estate.
How does the ...
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2answers
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Quickly place a window to another screen using only the keyboard
I know that using Alt-F7, I can use the keyboard to move the window around. I can also use the "Grid" plugin of Compiz to position quickly the window around my current monitor. The grid plugin doesn't ...
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6answers
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How do you use an android tablet as a second display?
I've noticed people using a product for Windows and Mac called iDisplay which lets you use your Android or iPad as a secondary display. This seems like a great idea, and something that could be done ...
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1answer
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How to automatically switch monitors with my laptop dock
I have a Dell Precision M4300 with a Dell Dock PRO1X running Ubuntu Natty.
When I have the laptop docked the lcd display is off and I use two external monitors however when I undock the laptop it ...
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1answer
2k views
How do I remove top panel on dual screen on secondary monitor?
How do I remove top bar on secondary monitor??
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4answers
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How to span single wallpaper over dual monitors?
I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?
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3answers
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System Monitoring Tools For Ubuntu
I am looking for System Monitoring tools which are GUI and Cli or Web Based which include Basic Functions such as
CPU Usage
Ram Usage
Swap Usage
Disk Usage ( Space / I/O )
Heat Monitoring
I know ...
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3answers
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How do I setup dual monitors in XFCE?
I've got an laptop with a intel chip, and I'd like to setup dual monitors in XFCE.
How do I do this?
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1answer
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How can I force fullscreen on my right screen?
I have 2 screens: 17" on left and 22" screen on right side.
When I watch a movie with VLC and want to watch on full-screen on my 22" screen (the right one), I move my VLC window in right screen and ...
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2answers
1k views
How do I calibrate a touchscreen on a dual monitor system?
I have a dual monitor setup of two different sizes. My primary monitor is a 23 in widescreen Acer T230H touchscreen, and the second is a regular 20 in. When I go to use the touchscreen, the cursor ...
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4answers
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Multiple monitors, multiple workspaces?
I connected my laptop to my LCD. Using the laptop display hotkey I can switch between different modes - only laptop monitor on, only LCD monitor on, both on and display the same view, both on and the ...
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1answer
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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, ...
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6answers
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How to make YouTube fullscreen actually fullscreen?
Whenever (using flash) I make YouTube videos fullscreen then they come out not actually any bigger.
In the screenshot below you see exactly what I see when watching a video in fullscreen mode. All ...
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4answers
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Multi screen problems “virtual size does not fit available size”
I recently upgraded to 11.04 beta 2 and everything works just like clockwork, but now I’ve run into multi screen issues :/ at first it worked but then a installed the proprietary drivers (I think this ...
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5answers
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Why are my file selection dialogs so big? How do I make them smaller?
When I use an external monitor, my file selection dialog boxes seem to be huge -- wider than my larger screen. I assume it is a nautilus issue since it happens whether I'm trying to open a file to ...
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2answers
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How to easily open the Launcher with a secondary monitor to the left
I have two monitors (24" as main and a 19" to the left).
Each time I want to swap to a different application or launch a new one, the launcher seems a little problematic to come up. Even though ...
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1answer
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Xorg server configuration fail - no screens detected
I have a serious problem with Xorg server on ubuntu 12.04 (with nvidia 420M GT card).
At home I am using an external monitor connected to my laptop's HDMI port - the external display is used as ...
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6answers
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getting dual monitors to work on 11.10
I have two portrait mode monitors (the same model but one plugged in digitally, one analog). Both worked fine (as one big visual space) when I was on Maverick Meerkat.
When I installed 11.10 I ...
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1answer
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Can T520+Bumblebee run an external monitor via DisplayPort?
Using 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10 and integrated (Intel) graphics, I can run the 1600x900 laptop display plus a 1600x1200 external monitor connected to the VGA adapter. But my external monitor is 1920x1200 ...
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1answer
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How do I get three monitors working?
My workstation has two Geforce 7300GTs and three monitors, and I'd like to put them to good use. Dual monitors works out of the box, but triple doesn't. How can I get the third monitor up and going ...
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2answers
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Switch workspaces individually on each monitor
In 12.04 with a two monitor setup (using unity and compiz), is it possible to switch workspaces individually for each monitor?
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4answers
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The desktop cannot be created because its area is too large with ati card and dual monitors
I have two monitors (1920x1200 and 2550x1600) and ati card (hd 4870x2).
I installed the ati drivers from additional drivers panel.
Unfortunately ulike in previous versions of ubuntu I am unable to set ...
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5answers
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How can I toggle between single and dual monitor setup?
I have two monitors working just right with nvidia driver.
There are times, however, where I want to have just one monitor and other times where I need two: I must open NVidia XServer Settings, go to ...
6
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1answer
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Force full-screen game to one monitor?
I have two monitors, one 1920x1200 and the other 1920x1080, and in 10.10 they were "separate". As in when I opened the display preferences they were shown as separate screens. Since installing (from ...
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5answers
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How do I get HDMI output working on a Dell XPS 15 L502x?
Recently I've bought my dream's notebook, a Dell XPS 15 but since then this dream became a kind of endless nightmare.
I'm almost getting crazy to make my graphic card driver work properly, but it ...
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2answers
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(Dual monitors) Indicators displaying in panel on both monitors
The time, power, notification, networking and weather applets are displaying in the panel on both of my monitors in Natty. Is there a setting that I can change to ensure they only appear once within ...
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6answers
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Launcher shows up on the wrong monitor [closed]
I have nvidia drivers and dual monitors.
It worked fine in 11.10 but since todays updates, my unity "launcher" is only on right monitor.
On vanila ubuntu display settings it recognizes only one ...
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2answers
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Disabling monitor reconfiguration when closing lid
I often need to move my laptop from one working place to another. When I do this, there are two events Ubuntu responds to by changing the monitor set up:
Removing/attaching the VGA cable
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1answer
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Change notification popup monitor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
notify-osd and dual monitors
I have two monitors setup currently however when I get a new notification (ie popup for new mail, or im) it fades in on the secondary ...
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1answer
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Is there an equivalent of “stay” for Ubuntu?
On my laptop at work, I use an external monitor, but when I'm away from my desk I just use the laptop monitor.
On OSX I used to use Stay but I'm struggling to get the same functionality on Ubuntu.
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0answers
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Can not get Dual Monitors to work on Different GPUs [closed]
My setup is a follows:
19" 1440x900 monitor on my nVidia 460 GTX
17" 1280x1024 monitor on the internal nVidia card
Now, I am able to get a xserver running on both monitors, but I am trying to ...
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3answers
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How to install a NVIDIA driver for 11.10 [duplicate]
I have a Thinkpad T61p with Quadro FX570M. I just installed the Ubuntu 11.10.
I have tried to download the driver LINUX DISPLAY DRIVER - X86 version 295.20 from NVIDIA, but I do not manage to install ...
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1answer
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nVidia Optimus , Unity 3D and Dual Monitors
I have an nVidia Quadro 2000M with nVidia optimus.
lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
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3answers
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Graphics cards so I can have 4 monitors
I currently have a single old graphics card to which I have connected 2 monitors giving me a big desktop of 2560x1024. If I get 2 of the following graphics card:
...
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2answers
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Ubuntu 11.04 DUAL monitor issue
Hello I have a laptop 15' and was going to use 23' external monitor.
I attached it and they both were working fine. But what I wanted is
just to use only one monitor and leave laptop's display to be ...
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1answer
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ATI Catalyst doesn't retain changes after reboot when setting extended display
I have Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm trying to set up extended display for my two displays.
I have an AMD 6870.
fglrx and fglrx-updates are installed.
When I launch amdcccle trough the terminal (using ...
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2answers
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I have two monitors on my computer, how can I set a different wallpaper to each
I have two monitors on my computer, how can I set a different wallpaper to each. I don't use workspaces, two screens are enough. I know it's possible to set a different wallpaper to each workspace but ...
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1answer
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Can I configure the Unity launcher to appear on both of my monitors? [closed]
I would like to have the Unity launcher appear on both of my monitors. If the launchers could be configured to show only the windows active on their respective monitors, that would be even better.
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2answers
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How to align twinview monitors with different resolutions and prevent mouse disappearing into dead areas?
I'm using two monitors of different brands and resolutions with NVIDIA TwinView, which works well enough, but one thing that's getting to me is how the mouse can move off the edge of the visible ...
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3answers
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Settings for multiple monitors are not stored
I am running Ubuntu 12.04. on a Lenovo Thinkpad T400. I connected an external monitor as a second display. The laptop stands under the external screen. The laptop has a native resolution of 1440x900 ...
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2answers
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Why multi-monitor support doesn't permit to move Launcher in 12.04? [closed]
Ubuntu 12.04 brings some significant improvements to multi-monitor support, it permits to see Launcher on every monitor.
I have two monitor and Launcher compares on the left of both monitors, but ...
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4answers
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Need to reconfigure absolute position of dual monitors after reboot, how do I fix that?
I have two monitors, one is DELL P2411H 24” and the other is BenQ FP91G+ 19". All the times when I restart the PC I have to reconfigure the absolute position. How can I fix that?
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2answers
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Triple monitor setup with an ATI Radeon 4200?
I have a relatively new Powerspec computer (i5 quad core processor, about a year or two old) and just grabbed a new relatively inexpensive ($40?) graphics card. It has 1 DVI, one VGA, and one HDMI ...
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2answers
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How to make Ubuntu recognize an unknown external display (so I can adjust its resolution)?
I have a Dell laptop with an external monitor attached (a Samsumg SyncMaster 931c).
My laptop display was recognized, and I can adjust its optimum resolution.
My external display is still unknown, ...
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2answers
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How do I move my top panel?
I'm running Gnome-shell GNOME/openbox, not Unity, on a dual display.
My top and bottom panels are always on my laptop screen. I really want them on the external monitor when that is plugged in. I've ...
