Unity

Dual Monitors - Global Menu buttons don't work on Monitor 2

Bug #818767 reported by ubername on 2011-07-31

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned
	unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

When I click on the global menu buttons (close, minimise, maximise toggle) on maximised windows in monitor 2 of a dual monitor setup, I get the unity 'shortcuts' panel displayed on monitor 1, rather than having any effect on the window in monitor 2.

Please see
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814746

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.8-generic 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,imgpng,imgjpeg,grid,move,commands,obs,place,snap,mousepoll,animation,imgsvg,resize,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,session,text,wall,ring,expo,workarounds,unitymtgrabhandles,shift,fade,ezoom,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sun Jul 31 08:50:04 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] [10de:0391] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110417)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell DM061
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-7-generic root=UUID=cd942f8a-57b5-4fb2-9f41-1b7097d85aa5 ro resume=UUID=c0d26453-3814-49c5-a9f6-d1e6ca9007cb
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2.4.0
dmi.board.name: 0WG864
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.4.0:bd05/24/2007:svnDellInc.:pnDellDM061:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WG864:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Dell DM061
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11~1-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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ubername (ubername) wrote on 2011-07-31:

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2011-07-31

Changed in ubuntu:
status:	New → Confirmed

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) on 2011-10-06

affects:

ubuntu → unity (Ubuntu)

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Juanma (juanmafont) wrote on 2011-10-24:

Confirmed, the same bug

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-10-24

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → New
tags:	added: multimonitor

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-11-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-11-24:

I still have hard times understanding this bug report. Could anyone who added themselves as affects to this bug or the reporter himself please be a bit more explanatory about the problem?

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-24:

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-01-24:

[Expired for unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status:	Incomplete → Expired

Michał Łukaszek (mlukaszek+launchpad) on 2012-03-22

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Expired → New

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Michał Łukaszek (mlukaszek+launchpad) wrote on 2012-03-22:

The problem is easily reproducible if you use a dual-monitor setup. In my case, I'm using a laptop which has an extending IHV display connected through VGA. My main screen is the extending monitor as it's larger (full HD, while the integrated display is 1440x900) - it's on the left side of the laptop. The screens have their tops aligned, so they both show the menu bar on top.

Now, if you launch any application - say, explore your home directory - here's what happens: the "global" menu is accessible for the window if it's on the main screen (VGA) - I can move my mouse pointer to the top of the screen and then the menu appears. But, when I move the window to the laptop display on the right hand side, the title of the window correctly disappears from the top bar of the larger screen, and moves to the bar on the integrated screen - this is as expected. However, there's no way to access the menu of the window. None whatsoever - I tried moving the mouse pointer and pressing the Alt key. Move the window back to the screen on left - menu can be accessed without problems.

Expected behaviour: menu can be accessed no matter on which screen a window resides.
Hope this helps. I'm really counting on it to be fixed, it makes having multi-monitor setup useless...

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Tim Colbert (colbert-tim) wrote on 2012-05-04:

Screenshot from 2012-05-04 13:19:52.png Edit (1.4 MiB, image/png)

I believe the issue I am having is related.

The app window on multiple screens will not display all the time and appears inconsistent on when it will.

As shown on the screen shot the window has chrome as the window to display however no menu as it is locked to firefox in the other workspace.

When you jump to the other workspace the app menu jumps to google chrome.

If anyone wants me to test anything or provide additional screen shots with more information I'll be happy to help.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-02-20:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2013-02-20

Changed in unity:
status:	Expired → Confirmed

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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote on 2013-08-06:

#10

I use a multi-monitor setup fairly intensively. I have not seen this problem since at least Ubuntu 12.04. A lot of changes have gone into the unity stack since this bug was reported.

Does anyone else experience still experience this problem or should I close the bug?

Changed in unity:
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) on 2016-09-17

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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