Comment 58 for bug 661450

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote : Re: [Bug 661450] Re: Support for multiple monitors broken

Jimmy did you try Ubuntu-11.04 with the proposed version of Unity first?

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 2:22 AM, Jimmy Merrild Krag <email address hidden> wrote:
> Perhaps it would be an idea to post an overview of those bugs here?
> This bug is kinda a sink for broken monitor support issue, isn't it?
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> Title:
>  Support for multiple monitors broken
>
> Status in System76:
>  New
> Status in Unity:
>  Invalid
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  In Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 running on a Lenovo S10, support for multiple
>  monitors is completely broken. Once another monitor is plugged in, the
>  Monitors settings program successfully detects its name and
>  resolution, but it fails to extend the workspace to fill that monitor.
>
>  Instead, it can only show the cursor at the corner of the second
>  monitor if it is placed there, but the mouse cursor does not "enter"
>  the second monitor.
>
>  If one tries to change the relative positions of the monitors, both
>  screens lock. If one sets the monitors to display the same image, the
>  same thing happens and it only comes back after a reboot.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
>  Package: unity 0.2.46-0ubuntu5
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Fri Oct 15 17:30:06 2010
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
>   LANG=pt_BR.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: unity
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