josvanr
March 9th, 2011, 12:24 AM
hi
I use
xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 1.2x1.2
to enlarge the 'resolution' of my laptop monitor. This works fine.
Then, when I connect an external monitor, I use
xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1
On ubuntu/gnome this worked fine. Now I switched to kubuntu 10.10
and kde4, and the 2 screens seem to be positioned and scaled
well, but the desktop is messed up.
The panel and desktop are
displayed on the external monitor. The laptop screen shows part
of the desktop but is black mostly. Also I can't drag windows from the
external monitor back to the laptop monitor. As mouse pointer hits
the edge of the external monitor (and desktop) while dragging
the window, it stops there. The mouse *can* be moved to the
laptop screen (also on the black part) and also the part of the window
that is over the edge of the desktop is displayed in the black part of
the laptop screen. But I can't handle the window (ie drag it furhter on
the laptop screen) when the mouse pointer is in the black part
of the laptop screen.
It looks as if the kde4 desktop works on the external monitor. On the
laptop it just displays the part that happens to overlap with the laptop
screen. But the desktop doesn't actually expand to the laptop screen,
rendering it partly useless. I tried to fiddle with
the 'monitor' settings but that doesn't help.
Is kde4 able to handle this situation properly, or should I just forget
about it for now (and move back to gnome)
josvanr
I use
xrandr --output LVDS1 --scale 1.2x1.2
to enlarge the 'resolution' of my laptop monitor. This works fine.
Then, when I connect an external monitor, I use
xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1
On ubuntu/gnome this worked fine. Now I switched to kubuntu 10.10
and kde4, and the 2 screens seem to be positioned and scaled
well, but the desktop is messed up.
The panel and desktop are
displayed on the external monitor. The laptop screen shows part
of the desktop but is black mostly. Also I can't drag windows from the
external monitor back to the laptop monitor. As mouse pointer hits
the edge of the external monitor (and desktop) while dragging
the window, it stops there. The mouse *can* be moved to the
laptop screen (also on the black part) and also the part of the window
that is over the edge of the desktop is displayed in the black part of
the laptop screen. But I can't handle the window (ie drag it furhter on
the laptop screen) when the mouse pointer is in the black part
of the laptop screen.
It looks as if the kde4 desktop works on the external monitor. On the
laptop it just displays the part that happens to overlap with the laptop
screen. But the desktop doesn't actually expand to the laptop screen,
rendering it partly useless. I tried to fiddle with
the 'monitor' settings but that doesn't help.
Is kde4 able to handle this situation properly, or should I just forget
about it for now (and move back to gnome)
josvanr