Public bug reported:
First off, let me say I love the new Unity/Gnome interface. The
interaction with the switcher is first-rate, and the way the virtual
desktops are integrated is first rate! And it's one of the few
interfaces that I've seen that seems to serve novice users and expert
users well, and one of the interfaces for virtual desktop systems that
I've used. I love it! Great job!
It seems to work almost perfectly on my laptop without an external
monitor attached. I have a laptop with an external display attached.
The external display is higher resolution, and is physically located
above the laptop. The new Unity interface works better than the old
Unity interface in the multi-monitor configuration, but I have noticed a
few weirdnesses:
1. Virtual Desktops only apply to the "primary" display. At first
glance it seems like the virtual desktops system is incompletely
implemented, but I actually find switching virtual desktops on only one
monitor to be fairly useful -- so I'd love it if each monitor could be
on different virtual desktops so that I can mix and match. The new
Unity interface is one of the few interfaces that can actually handle
this without being hard to use.
2. When I don't have a monitor attached, and have a bunch of windows
sorted according to desktops on my laptop display, all of the windows
are dumped into a single workspace when I plug in the external (marked
as primary) monitor.
3. I set the external (top) display to be the "primary" display (with
the menu bar) when I'm connected to the monitor, since it makes more
sense to have the menu bar (and the "Activities" hot corner) at the top
of my desktop-area.
4. There's a Nautilus menu bar at the top of my bottom screen. If you
have to put something there, it's a good choice but, since my monitors
are stacked vertically, I don't feel like you have to have something
there.
5. When I had the smaller laptop display as the "primary" display, I
had trouble moving windows -- there was some sort of hidden grid.
Anyway, many thanks for the great great work! It's rare for me to be
enthusiastic about any GUI, especially a new one, but you folks have
done a great job! And, after 15 years of having a Windows key, it's the
first time that I've seen it used correctly! :-)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
Uname: Linux 3.1.0-0301rc9-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Fri Oct 14 09:37:10 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.2, 3.1.0-0301rc9-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0005]
MachineType: TOSHIBA PORTEGE R835
PlymouthDebug: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/var/log/plymouth-debug.log'
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-0301rc9-generic
root=UUID=d046bba5-6bff-42e7-ae6e-afcab4507acb ro quiet splash
resume=UUID=7c62d4f9-0ff6-4fc6-9666-2f70193d0c45 vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/25/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: Version 3.10
dmi.board.asset.tag: 0000000000
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Version A0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion3.10:bd08/25/2011:svnTOSHIBA:pnPORTEGER835:pvrPT324U-008003:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0:
dmi.product.name: PORTEGE R835
dmi.product.version: PT324U-008003
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu3
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric ubuntu
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