Bug#549196: xserver-xorg-video-intel: new driver switch main and slave screen in multiscreen configuration

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Vincent Danjean wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.9.0-1
> Severity: normal
>
>    Hi,
>
> I do not know if this bug is for the intel driver or the xorg server. Please,
> reassign if I made a mistake.
>
> At work, I've two screen: the internal LCD panel of my laptop and an external
> DVI screen plug into a dock for the laptop. So, when after docking my laptop,
> I use the following command line to get a large Desktop spreading of the two
> screen:
> xrandr --output LVDS --auto --right-of TMDS-1 --output TMDS-1 --auto
>
> I do not know the internal of xorg, but gnome see one of the screen as the
> "main" one (where it puts its panels) and the second as a "slave" one (with
> only the background and windows manually put here)
>
> Before my upgrade, the DVI screen was the main one and the LCD panel was the
> slave one. After the upgrade, it is the reverse.
>
> Can you either:
> - switch back to the previous behavior (I configurate software AND place my
>   hardware the work efficiently with the previous setup)
> - or provide a way for a user to decide which screen should be the "main" one.
>   

Salut Vincent,

Does xrandr --no-primary or --output DVI1 --primary help ?

Brice