Public bug reported: On hidpi displays newly created desktop icons are positioned under the launcher (see attachment). Unity should take the monitor scaling into account when determining the offset for the desktop area.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160322-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: /dev/sda2: clean, 383376/29974528 files, 35865367/119897344 blocks CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Mar 31 07:41:26 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.16, 4.4.0-15-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.0.16, 4.4.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed EcryptfsInUse: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics [1028:0665] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-25 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9343 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-16-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=c9dc2324-2cfd-4a9d-abc5-d674ee775792 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/11/2015 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0310JH dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 9 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA07:bd11/11/2015:svnDellInc.:pnXPS139343:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0310JH:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 13 9343 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160318-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.1.2-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.1.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.1-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.6.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160218-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Thu Mar 31 07:24:42 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 5153 vendor SHP xserver.version: 2:1.18.1-1ubuntu4 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 ubuntu xenial ** Attachment added: "Example of icons placed under launcher" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1564375/+attachment/4618138/+files/desktop-icon-screenshot.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1564375 Title: Unity should take display scaling into account to avoid placement of desktop icons under launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1564375/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs