Graphics category

I'm bored with dual-screen on GNU/Linux, it really has to have a graphic configuration, and better features.
I would like to move windows from a screen to another, but when I maximize I need it to be in a single screen.

Update: Xrandr GUI blog post by Bryce Harrington

Better way to set monitor resolution and refresh rate. Majority of the new monitors are LCD type. User should be able to specify the native resolution and refresh rate during install.

Then Ubuntu/X must do WHATEVER it takes to stick to that resolution and refresh rate.

In case of multi-monitor setups, must be able to specify the configuration at time of installation.

Also, the login GUI must use same resolution as X. Why different resolutions?

Rant:
I have nVidia NVS440 card with Viewsonic VP2290b monitor. Video card must be set to 1920x1200 @13Hz or @41Hz refresh rate for each of it's four outputs. Desktop must be arranged in 2x2 matrix. Then monitor displays 3840x2400 @13Hz or @41Hz.

This worked very well in Ubuntu 6.06. Installed Ubuntu 7.04 and ended up with something like 800x480, even with nVidia binary drivers. Tweaked xorg.conf for weeks to get this to work. BulletProofX kept messing with my hand crafted xorg.conf file; which did work with 6.06. Eventually gave up and started using Windaz again :-( Will try again when frustration level has come down.

I know that the Ubuntu volunteers don't have any power over this, but I think that the parent company Canonical maybe could get some pull here. Maybe they could leverage the Dell partnership to force AMD's hands.

ATI Video card drivers are very poor. The thing just plain doesn't work, and I don't see this changing any time soon. This is probably the #1 thing holding Ubuntu back to the mass population where their laptops and desktops came with ATI motherboard chipsets and absolutely NO support for video, compiz, etc from AMD.

While I am not praising nvidia's effort (closed source only) at least their drivers work.

I propose that Canonical use their leverage in any way they feel possible to convince AMD to deliver high quality (and preferably open source) drivers for Ubuntu. They are not only holding back gaming on linux, but also adoption for every day users.

This is what I want:

I want to be able to mark applications "Not Compiz compatible" so that Compiz shuts down when I launch a game or some other 3D-heavy application. This is something I want to improve stability and performance for such applications.

I just bought a new graphics card (8800 GT)and there seems to be problems with it being picked up automatically in ubuntu. It would be nice if that new X.org was finally implemented.

When you are activating a compiz effect, you actually don't know what will you get. So these effects (and perhaps tips for using them) can be previewed in a short flash movie so you will know what you are doing. Google Sketch Up already has something like this.

is possible to make a different icon for .deb files?
someting different from archive files.
deb files are the center of ubuntu/debian distros

someting like this: http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6683/debsm1.png

I've spent way too many hours on the Ubuntu forum figuring out what to do to install, configure, test and subsequently "try to" roll-back video card drivers.

It's a pain in the freaking neck!

Possible solutions:

- Integrate Envy (as Linux Mint does)
- Develop whole new Envy-like tool
- Add features to the Video Settings dialog, or
- Develop documentation (with visual diagrams) that explains what does what.

Am I alone?

If not, any other possible solutions?

Ubuntu needs a way to ensure the colors displayed on your monitor are correct. This is important for photo editing software such as Gimp as well as video editing or painting software.

Ubuntu should provide a way to do this for ordinary users that don't have a hardware colorimeter.

For those who do have a colorimeter (such as a Spyder 2) then Ubuntu should have a program than can easily create and load on-demand monitor (ICC) profiles.

Edit: This is also known as Color Management.

Thumbnailer should extract icons from exe files and let nautilus and other programs use them as a preview image.

I don't really know if this has already been implemented on Ubuntu, but applying Fedora ideas to boost X startup would be appreciated.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX

I've one of the Dell Inspiron 1420n laptops with Ubuntu factory installed that came with the Intel X3100/GM965 video integrated on the motherboard. I cannot afford to simply toss this aside and buy a brand new machine. What I'd love to see is more work done to improve the xorg Intel video to support this chip and actually be able to play some games on it, namely World of Warcraft. I know that if I were to reformat the drive on it and install Windows XP, the thing would scream on Warcraft. Why can't the xorg Intel driver support the same performance on this chipset?

Gimp is a great graphics editor we all know. Congratulations to all developpers!

My Idea:
- Adding a Selection for "Using Gimp in one Window"

IMPORTANT
- That should NOT be default, but an option, which doesn't go in trouble for users liking this multi window management with its advantages!

I guess that more than 20% of the gimp users where really happy for this important feature. I know that Gimpshop and other Plugins are available, but this couldn't be the end solution. Gimp should bring this "little" feature with it in future! Thanks!

[edit: workaround script improved]

When using compiz some 3d applications fail in running in fullscreen mode, resulting them to run in windowed mode while parts of the application are outside the screen (as e.g. title bar needs space, etc.)
Another problem I could experience was a conflict between the system mouse cursor and the e.g. game's cursor.
Some applications even flicker (underlying, updated windows appear shortly) or changing rapidly between windowed and fullscreen mode.
Possible solutions would be:
a) Improve compiz - sure, that's the hardest way.
b) define a exception list of programs with compiz issues - ones such a programm is run, compiz is exchanged by the default window manager. The easiest solution would be to just run a script like

#!/bin/bash
# Starts a programm having problems with compiz
if [ -z "${1}" ]; then
echo "Usage:"
echo " $0 program <parameter>"
exit 1
fi

#First get the default window manager exept compiz
wmCmds="/usr/bin/kwin /usr/bin/metacity /usr/bin/xfwm4" #maybe I missed one

for wm in ${wmCmds}; do
if [ -x "${wm}" ]; then
DefaultWM=${wm}
break
fi
done

[....]

Would look more serious and professional!

I propose that the new version of gimp be put into 8.10.

Hi,

I would like to precharge the next and previous photo in F-SPOT to avoid the blurred image.

At this moment, when you browse your photos woth the "next" button, it takes nearly one second to load completely the image.

It will be a really improve if F-SPOT could pre-load 1 (or more) images to avoid this delay.

Thanks

If I disable compiz (System->Preferences->Appearance-Visual Effects->None) and then enable it again, the same features are not enabled.

Specifically, Desktop Wall is enabled and all of my Cube features are disabled.

Compiz should remember my previous settings instead of loading the default settings.

Add the ability to change the Login Screen Resolution application and add a checkbox to default to the Desktop Screen Resolution.

Compiz Fusion is a great application, and most effects look awesome. However, it runs to 5% its capacity without compizconfig-settings-manager installed (unless you know how to configure it manually, thought that can be a pain in the ass). Thats why I think ccsm should be installed by default on Ubuntu for easier using of "other" plugins by new users.

EDIT: If you want simple-ccsm to be installed by default promote this idea, since they are pretty similar.
EDIT2: No, this will not make Ubuntu slower. Compiz Fusion is already installed by default since Gutsy, all I want is the configuration tool for Compiz (a very little app) to be installed. All what ccsm (or sccsm) does is to change configuration files.