Public bug reported:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
$ apt-cache policy gnome-panel
gnome-panel:
Installed: 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu7
Candidate: 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu7
Version table:
*** 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu7 0
100 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Setup: Laptop (ASUS A6Jc) with nVidia 7300Go. Main display (laptop
screen) @1280x800 + Second display @1440x900. Displays configured using
nvidia-settings as two separate X-displays (no xinerama) with the second
display to the left of the laptop display. xorg.conf attached.
I also experience bug #128735 ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-
panel/+bug/128735 ) and I think it's related (only one instance of
gnome-panel allowed etc)
Opening applications from the main display works fine. I can open and
program listed in the menu, or any location listed in 'Places', and the
window appears on the main display as expected. On the second display,
however, most applications/locations opened from that menu still appear
on the primary display. Exceptions include wine's 'Browse C:\ Drive'
which opens on the correct display.
However, if I open something using a hotkey (for example, I have a
hotkey for the terminal - win+t) it opens on the correct display (the
one containing the cursor). Opening files from the desktop opens on the
correct display as well.
Also, if I manage to get a nautilus window open on the second display
(either by opening a specially created blank folder on the second
display's desktop, or more usually (the folder moves to the main display
if X is started without the second display being connected, and doesn't
move back next time X is started with the second display connected)
through wine's 'Browse C:\ Drive' menu item) any file or program I open
from the nautilus window will open in that display.
Another note - if I click on the volume applet in the second display's
panel (next to the clock, by default) it opens the volume control slider
on the main display. This is the only applet apart from the clock and
username/logout/shutdown applet that appears on the second display's
panel. Coincidently, the icon for the shutdown button is shown as the
'red cross in a box' on the second display. However, the window list in
the panel works correctly - the one on the second display shows the
windows open on the second display, and the one on the main display
shows the windows open on the main display.
Apologies for the above confusing wall of text...
** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Dual head opens applications on main display, regardless of expected display
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418108
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