​Broken Multi-Monitor support for xfce

[Francesco Pasa]

Hi Simon,

That is great news! I will test the 4.13 version on my laptop and come back
if I find any problems. The feature you implemented is really something
that will make xfce much better.

Thanks,
Francesco

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> From: Francesco Pasa <francescopasa at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Broken Multi-Monitor support for xfce
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> Hi,
>
> I currently switched to xubuntu 18.04 as my working environment (I am a
> developer). I find some thinks much better than under windows (general
> swiftness of the system) and some missing or rather bad.
>
> One issue which bugs me a lot if the multi-monitor support of xfce4. I have
> a laptop with a docking station and two external display and every time I
> move the laptop I have problems with the displays:
>
>    1.  If I am lucky I just have to fire up the display settings and
>    reconfigure the whole thing (including alignment).
>    2. Sometimes it even does not work anymore until I restart the computer.
>
> I know that I can fix this with xrandr and/or some bash script. However, I
> find that at least the display reconfiguration should work out-of-the box.
> I can find other post of people online having the same problem.
>
> I would really like to have a look at the xfce4 code that manages this part
> of the desktop and see if I would be able to fix the problem or improve the
> situation. However, I am a bit lost and would need somebody to point me to
> the relevant place.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Francesco
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> Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:30:00 +0200
> From: Simon Steinbeiss <simon at xfce.org>
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> Subject: Re: Broken Multi-Monitor support for xfce
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> Hi,
>
> I have addressed this problem already.
> Continue reading here:
> https://simon.shimmerproject.org/2018/10/02/new-xfce4-settings-release/
>
> Cheers
> Simon
>
> Francesco Pasa <francescopasa at gmail.com> schrieb am Sa., 4. Mai 2019,
> 15:09:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I currently switched to xubuntu 18.04 as my working environment (I am a
> > developer). I find some thinks much better than under windows (general
> > swiftness of the system) and some missing or rather bad.
> >
> > One issue which bugs me a lot if the multi-monitor support of xfce4. I
> > have a laptop with a docking station and two external display and every
> > time I move the laptop I have problems with the displays:
> >
> >    1.  If I am lucky I just have to fire up the display settings and
> >    reconfigure the whole thing (including alignment).
> >    2. Sometimes it even does not work anymore until I restart the
> >    computer.
> >
> > I know that I can fix this with xrandr and/or some bash script. However,
> I
> > find that at least the display reconfiguration should work out-of-the
> box.
> > I can find other post of people online having the same problem.
> >
> > I would really like to have a look at the xfce4 code that manages this
> > part of the desktop and see if I would be able to fix the problem or
> > improve the situation. However, I am a bit lost and would need somebody
> to
> > point me to the relevant place.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Francesco
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