Friday, May 3, 2024
Homepage · 12.04
 Popular · Latest · Hot · Upcoming
3
rated 0 times [  3] [ 0]  / answers: 1 / hits: 7508  / 1 Year ago, fri, february 3, 2023, 5:22:04

I have two monitors set up, one is my laptop monitor and the other is an external display. The external display is on the right side of my laptop and levitated with a stand, so I set the display positions in the 'Displays' settings to reflect their physical position.



The following is a screen shot of my workspace switcher, the bottom left one is my laptop display and the top right is my external display.



So there are two main problems:




  1. The desktop background reflects the display position that I set up in 'Displays' settings, and you can notice that all my desktop icons are in the top right corner which I have no access to, it's not in my display! If I move the laptop display to the top then they show up.


  2. The workspace display is not correct on the big screen, it's missing the left part.




Does any Ubuntu expert know how to fix this? P.S. The system is 12.04 64bit.



enter image description here


More From » 12.04
 Answers
6

Similar problem here. But as Ubuntu remembers the icon position (it seems even depending on monitor setup), there is a (ugly) workaround.



I use my laptop at home (single-monitor setup, enternainment purposes, soft work) and at work (dual monitor, one taller than the other). When i stick an USB memory, ubuntu creates an icon on desktop, perfectly visible. But when i go to work and try to use it, i know the icon is there (using keyboard arrows to navigate I can reach it, and intro does open it), but out of view (as ubuntu never seen it in this monitor setup, it uses the last known position... the one in the other setup, out of current view.



In these cases, i use to change (temporarily) my desktop setup, moving the laptop's desktop position to one the icon is in, then moving the icon to a visible area in the other monitor, then return to my favourite setup, then moving te icon where i really want it to be. It's a tedious manner, but it works, without changing files, or scripting, nor nothing.



Or you can try to automate:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1472774


[#32883] Friday, February 3, 2023, 1 Year  [reply] [flag answer]
Only authorized users can answer the question. Please sign in first, or register a free account.
untroo
Add To Favorites
Follow
Total Points: 3
Total Questions: 110
Total Answers: 95
Location: Palestine
Member since Thu, Oct 28, 2021
3 Years ago
untroo questions
Sat, Jul 2, 22, 04:15, 2 Years ago
Mon, Jul 4, 22, 20:22, 2 Years ago
Wed, Jul 7, 21, 20:58, 3 Years ago
Thu, Oct 28, 21, 03:57, 3 Years ago
Fri, Dec 30, 22, 21:17, 1 Year ago
View All
;