Dual Display problems in 12.10 and Raring

[Jim Byrnes]

On 03/07/2013 03:41 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 7 March 2013 21:30, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 03/07/2013 03:53 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I don't understand, though, what that has got to do with the problem
>>> that Unity will not let me position files or folders on the desktop to
>>> the left of the launcher, or clicking the launcher for an app with
>>> multiple windows puts the focus on the wrong window.
>>
>>
>> Change the definition of screen0?? Hey, trouble shooting with a shotgun
>> here. Otherwise I have no clue. It just "seems" to make sense. I didn't see
>> much traffic on your thread, so I figured to give it a whirl. But, you do
>> see that xrandr is in charge now of your twin displays and you might be able
>> to kick it around some.
>
> The basic screen operation is fine, windows can be positioned on
> either screen, mouse works fine and so on.  The only problem is that
> if I drag a file onto the desktop on the LH screen it  bounces across
> onto the other one (if I have the Unity launcher on the RH screen).  I
> am sure it is a Unity problem.
>
> Colin
>

Colin,

This is not going to help you much because I am running 12.04 but I am 
seeing something somewhat similar.  I am using the compiz utility to 
position windows a predetermined locations on my two screens.  Has been 
working well with most programs.  The ones with the most problems seem 
to be jEdit and LibreOffice Calc.

jEdit always seems to position itself about a half inch below the top 
bar no matter what I have it's position set at.  Calc seems to be 
behaving like you describe.   It will open where I have it set at but 
then jump to what I guess it thinks it's default position is.

Regards,  Jim