Bug#763283: Display Configuration GUI is confusing when desktop is duplicated on two monitors
Package: systemsettings
Version: 4:4.11.12-1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/systemsettings
Due to a bug, my dual-monitor system booted up with the desktop
duplicated on both monitors. When I opened the Display Configuration
to correct this, it showed only a single monitor (DVI-0). This led me
to initially believe that the monitor detection was flawed. However,
I accidentally dragged the DVI-0 box and discovered that DVI-1 was
underneath it. Once I thus realized there were two boxes, I was able
to put them back side-by-side and restore the setting I desired.
The system needs a better way to convey the fact that the desktop
is duplicated across multiple monitors.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages systemsettings depends on:
ii kde-runtime 4:4.14.1-1
ii libc6 2.19-11
ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.1
ii libkcmutils4 4:4.14.1-1
ii libkdecorations4abi2 4:4.11.12-1
ii libkdecore5 4:4.14.1-1
ii libkdeui5 4:4.14.1-1
ii libkhtml5 4:4.14.1-1
ii libkio5 4:4.14.1-1
ii libknewstuff3-4 4:4.14.1-1
ii libplasma3 4:4.14.1-1
ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-2
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-2
ii libqtcore4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-2
ii libqtgui4 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-2
ii libstdc++6 4.9.1-15
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
systemsettings recommends no packages.
systemsettings suggests no packages.
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