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Bug 574076 - Monitor identifiers overlap when in Mirror Screens mode
Monitor identifiers overlap when in Mirror Screens mode
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-desktop
Classification: Core
Component: libgnome-desktop
2.25.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Desktop Maintainers
Desktop Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: randr-tracker
 
 
Reported: 2009-03-04 14:27 UTC by Robert de Rooy
Modified: 2011-02-01 03:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26


Description Robert de Rooy 2009-03-04 14:27:41 UTC 
The gnome-display-properties monitor identifier in the top left corner should probably not be displayed when Mirror Screens mode is active as obviously it will be wrong on one of the displays.

Other information:
ThinkPad T60 with 14" 1400x1050 LCD and external Samsung 21" DVI attached.

This on Fedora 11 Alpha with latest xorg (1.6.0-1) and Intel driver (2.6.0-9) together with Gnome 2.25.90

When in mirror mode (automatic default when booting with the external display attached) it shows on both displays Samsung 21" when running gnome-display-properties, which is obviously wrong for the internal LCD.

It would probably be best to just disable the monitor identifier when running in mirror mode.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2011-02-01 03:24:46 UTC 
When running in mirror mode, we now show "Mirror Screens".

commit 5f6345d801add47baace850e6498fa2b79972ba0
Author: Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 5 19:00:29 2009 -0500

    GnomeRRLabeler - in clone mode, don't label each output so the little windows don't overlap
    
    Instead, we create a single window that says 'Mirror Screens', which will be naturally
    shown on every monitor.
    
    Signed-off-by: Federico Mena Quintero <federico@novell.com>