Dual screens

[Mike Holstein]

would you guys try arandr and report?

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Erik Rasmussen <MailForErik at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've observed this problem with dual or multiple monitors on Ubuntu Studio
> 11.10 as well.
>
> Is anyone successfully using 2 or more monitors on Ubuntu Studio 11.10 ?
>  If yes, how did you get it to work?
> *
> *
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> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 13:15, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:
>
>> Testing on an aspire one netbook. Using daily ISO from NOV 25.
>>
>>  - tried using xrandr... shows what I have but when I tried to put screens
>> side by side it just gave me a usage screen. Man page was no help it
>> seemed to indicate I was doing things correctly.
>>  - installed grandr and was able to put the external monitor to side.
>> Mouse moves freely from one monitor to the next. Upper panel can span
>> both monitors. Applications like parole that can go full screen with no
>> decorations grab only one monitor. I have not installed presenter or
>> lyricue to see if they deal properly with the separate monitors. (control
>> panel on one and display on the other) Are there slide show apps that can
>> use this too? I am just thinking what might be useful for live
>> performance... Lyricue would be happy with two computers, one for control
>> and the other for display anyway, but dual monitor would be more
>> portable.
>>
>> Xrandr shows everything as screen 0 only. Grandr shows output as cloned
>> with Extend "greyed" out. I don't seem to be able to get the two monitors
>> to show up as two workspaces. Probably because there is only one screen.
>> The workspace panel applet shows only the apps on the one screen... which
>> ever screen is left or above.
>>
>> Still, for more screen real estate it works fine. QjackCtl, Hydrogen and
>> Ardour are much easier to use with two screens... just move the mouse from
>> side to side. Applications can be placed on the screen who's geometry best
>> fits.
>>
>> I will install and test the two programs above and see if they work.
>>
>>
>>
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