GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 561964
all panels endup on one screen in dual screen setup
Last modified: 2014-12-19 20:48:55 UTC
Please describe the problem: On startup with a dual screen setup all four panels end up on screen 0. The panel were originally setup two to each monitor, one top and one bottom. I can set them up so they are correct but upon the next startup both are on the screen 0. I am running with a nvidia type card on a asus mother board. The problem is repeatable. Steps to reproduce: 1. problem occurs on startup 2. 3. Actual results: On startup with a dual screen setup all four panels end up on screen 0. The panel were originally setup two to each monitor, one top and one bottom. I can set them up so they are correct but upon the next startup both are on the screen 0. I am running with a nvidia type card on a asus mother board. The problem is repeatable. Expected results: Does this happen every time? yes Other information: I am attaching a copy of the last two days of my user.log file Nov 20 16:56:23 ldm-desktop python: hp-makeuri[6352]: warning: hp-makeuri should not be run as root. Nov 20 16:56:23 ldm-desktop python: hp-makeuri[6522]: warning: hp-makeuri should not be run as root. Nov 20 16:56:23 ldm-desktop python: hp-makeuri[6522]: error: Device does not support fax. Nov 20 16:56:40 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6624]: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader. Nov 20 16:56:40 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6626]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted Nov 20 16:56:40 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6626]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted Nov 20 16:56:45 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6626]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Nov 20 16:56:45 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6626]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Nov 20 16:58:10 ldm-desktop hp: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1 Nov 20 16:58:12 ldm-desktop python: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1 Nov 20 22:11:17 ldm-desktop bonobo-activation-server (ldm-15604): could not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rAK2e8JJcv: Connection refused Nov 20 22:11:22 ldm-desktop bonobo-activation-server (ldm-16130): could not associate with desktop session: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-rAK2e8JJcv: Connection refused Nov 21 17:54:26 ldm-desktop python: hp-makeuri[6350]: warning: hp-makeuri should not be run as root. Nov 21 17:54:26 ldm-desktop python: hp-makeuri[6522]: warning: hp-makeuri should not be run as root. Nov 21 17:54:35 ldm-desktop python: hp-makeuri[6522]: error: Device does not support fax. Nov 21 18:04:33 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6649]: ltdl-bind-now.c: Failed to find original dlopen loader. Nov 21 18:04:33 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6651]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted Nov 21 18:04:33 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6651]: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted Nov 21 18:04:37 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6651]: module-x11-xsmp.c: X11 session manager not running. Nov 21 18:04:37 ldm-desktop pulseaudio[6651]: module.c: Failed to load module "module-x11-xsmp" (argument: ""): initialization failed. Nov 21 18:05:50 ldm-desktop hp: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1 Nov 21 18:05:51 ldm-desktop python: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1
I have a similar problem, but it doesn't occur every time. I have two screens - laptop at 1600x1024 and external at 1600x1200. Often at startup, both of my panels which are on the laptop screen end up on the external screen instead. Sometimes I restart X and they load correctly. I also noticed that, when this happens, the wallpaper ends up the size of the laptop screen, rather than stretched across both screens, and the right-click only has an effect on that region. I'm guessing that sometimes, Gnome does not find both screens immediately, so it sets the desktop size to the size of the only screen it finds and places all panels on it, then by the time everything is loaded both screens are available so that the panels end up on the leftmost screen. I have Ubuntu 8.10, Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 onboard graphics chip
Duplicate of bug 580103 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580103)
A patch has been prepared downstream: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28166071/glib2.0_2.20.1-0ubuntu3~tj~ppa1j.debdiff
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use. By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME. Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of GNOME.