[olug] ubuntu 10.04

Jeff Hinrichs dundeemt at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 05:02:38 UTC 2012


+1 xfce
Xrandr is the culprit.  Checkout arandr,  not a complete solution to your
monitor detach issue, but might make your life better with it's
scriptability.

Best,
Jeff Hinrichs
On Sep 4, 2012 9:07 PM, "Sam Flint" <harmonicnm7h at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have that issue with Window Maker, the issue is with xrandr, not the
> WM/environment
>
> Sam
>
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This whole thing is what motivated me to try out XFCE. I configured it
> > the way I want it and it's not really been in my way ever since. About
> > the only thing I could argue against is that, while it automatically
> > detects the attachment of a monitor and adds it into the display
> > setup(yay), it doesn't detect the removal. I'm not even sure that this
> > is a bug in XFCE; it may be with X itself.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's not the same.  Gnome classic has gotten all buggy & stuff since it
> became
> >> a second hand citizen.  I'm running 12.04 at home & 10.04 at work, so
> I'm pretty
> >> familiar with the differences.  12.04 w/ classic is bad enough that I
> finally
> >> ditched it & started using KDE.  KDE's a long way from perfect, but at
> least
> >> it's not as dysfunctional as today's Gnome.
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