Dual screen - how make main desktop appear on right side monitor

**Sjenitzer** · October 22nd, 2009

Thanks, this is in a very simple, and therefore nice, solution, but when I switch to only the laptop screen and then back to 2 screens the panel are back at the left.

Bart

**kjetilbmoe** · October 22nd, 2009

Exactly. There should have been an option to choose main screen, not just move panels around randomly ... they don't stay this way obviously.

**P4man** · October 22nd, 2009

perhaps one of you can post your xorg.conf? Dont know what it looks like on an intel dual monitor setup. With nvidia you have a "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" option where you can specify which is the first screen.

**Sjenitzer** · October 22nd, 2009

My xorg.conf is

Code:

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    SubSection "Display"
        Virtual    2880 900
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

But I don't see where I could specify a first screen

**P4man** · October 22nd, 2009

Indeed, thats kinda empty lol. Have you tried

Code:

grandr

? its in the repo's

**ptgood** · October 23rd, 2009

I just fix the same issue.

I moved the two original panels from the left monitor to the right one.

When I use only the laptop (the left of the two) everything gets back in place.
When I reconnect the second screen and restart, the panels are on the right side again!!

Hope it work for you too!

PS. For moving the panels I un-tick expand in their properties, move them and tick again to expand.

**Sjenitzer** · October 26th, 2009

Hmm , my panels jump back after I've booted with a single screen and the grandr only sets my screens to mirror mode.

But I think I'll wait a week, because the 9.10 version apparently upgrades the intel video driver:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic...0for%20testing

See if this solves some problems

**Sjenitzer** · November 2nd, 2009

Originally Posted by Sjenitzer

Hmm , my panels jump back after I've booted with a single screen and the grandr only sets my screens to mirror mode.

But I think I'll wait a week, because the 9.10 version apparently upgrades the intel video driver:
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic...0for%20testing

See if this solves some problems

It worked for me, Ubuntu 9.10 remembers where my panel were on a dual screen mode.

**tirthapratim1987** · February 4th, 2011

Just go to System->preferences->monitor and set the laptop and external monitor screen with laptop in the left and external monitor in the right. Set the resolutions as adjusted.

By default the laptop will be the primary.

if u want to make the external monitor as ur primary run the command.

xrandr --output HDMI2 --primary

<HDMI2> is ur external monitor here. u willl get the correct o/p for command "xrandr".