Dual Display problems in 12.10 and Raring

[Colin Law]

On 4 March 2013 13:19, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 March 2013 10:21, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Is anyone using dual displays in Raring alpha (or 12.10 for my second
>> issue)
>
> I was until 12.10 died on me. I switched to Debian, but to be honest,
> if anything, it's worse. I will probably switch back soon.
>
> Currently using my 12.04 standby/spare install.
>
>> Firstly, with the launcher on
>> the right hand display it is impossible to place anything (shortcuts,
>> files etc) on the left hand display, they bounce back tot the right
>> hand one when an attempt is made to place them there [1].
>
> Ah, I'm afraid I only have 1 launcher. I have not tried with 2 - I
> find it an unusable and irritating setup.

I am only using one launcher, but on the RH display so it is
effectively at the centre of the combined displays.  I see the same
problem with two launchers however.

>
> To do use dual monitors, on an nVidia GeFore 230. It works very well.
> Ubuntu is not able to remember which monitor windows were on & apps do
> not reopen on the screen they were on before; otherwise, it works very
> well.
>
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