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Idea #335: Easy out of the box multiple monitor support

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #206: Improve dual-screen function.
Written by black rabbit the 29 Feb 08 at 00:44. Category: Graphics. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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...especially for laptops. I'm pretty comfortable hacking xorg.conf for the handful of layouts that I use on a regular basis, but I (and other laptop users) would be well served by an idiot-proof, WM-neutral xrandr front-end that could handle arbitrary configurations without needing to bounce X or touch the terminal.

Maybe it's just an XFCE thing; I dunno. But I'd love to be able to attach some random projector or detach from my docking station (and external monitor) without thinking about it.
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Written by black rabbit the 29 Feb 08 at 00:44.
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roybatty wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:33
Related: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/383/

pridkett wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:59
Xrandr 1.2 can handle this nicely. I've been extending some previous work on grandr to make this work -- drag and drop monitors is nice.

Grayfell wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:03
Multi-monitor stuff works for me, but it far from easy or user-friendly. I would love to see it cleaned up.

toni.hintikka wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 06:08
Using Data Projector with Laptop(LG R500, Nvidia) in Ubuntu 7.10 is really hard thing to do. I have used Windows before and I had'n any problems with data projector. Now I get only 640X480 resolution on my projector. This have to be done easier.

endim wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 06:40
I have also found it bothersome when I temporarily change the resolution, and then the Gnome panels get messed up. It would be nice if the desktop was smart enough to remember how it was configured for other resolutions and go back to it.

It would be nice if we could have different profiles, with a nice friendly app to manage them. Then we can attach profiles as the default for when I am at my docking station, or when there is a second monitor attached, or attach profiles to EDIDs. And then easily override these temporarily (e.g. I go to a projector screen that only does 1024x768)-- all without having to restart X.

johan.louwers wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 10:21
So true, editing the xorg.conf is a way to do this, however it would be very very nice to have some way in the GUI to have much more control of your screen settings. Especially now screens come more and more in strange widescreens and all other kind of settings that are not out-of-the-box supported.

Looking at the MS windows is working with the “problem” of applying new settings is quite nice. Your new settings are applied and you get the new resolution on the fly applied, you have to click in the new settings that you are able to see all in a good manner. If not, the screen gets back to the original settings within X seconds. This makes trying different resolution settings quite easy. Would be a great benefit if we would be able to have something like that in Ubuntu. I think that a easy way of adjusting your screen resolutions will make the first experience of new users (and even more experienced users) a lot better.

Regards,
Johan Louwers



discain wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 11:08
I vote for this. I can´t shut down the laptop monitor when y use the external monitor conected to the laptop

Bye!


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