Bug 195649

Summary: display settings cannot setup extended desktop
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Khashayar <khashayar.lists>
Component: kcm_randrAssignee: Gustavo Pichorim Boiko <gustavo.boiko>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Khashayar 2009-06-08 10:15:24 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

(Note: Although this bug is filed against 4.2.4, the problem is still there on 4.3beta1. For some reasons beta1 was not available from the list of available KDE versions, and choosing beta2 would not allow me to continue.)

There is no possibility in the display configuration utility to setup an extended desktop (e.g. something like `xrandr --output LVDS --left-of VGA`). This is the case with at least intel hardware. Not sure about other cards.

the funny part is that the "position" option is there, although greyed-out, for displays that are disabled.

Here's a screenshot: https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/175461/display-settings.png

I'm testing this on Ubuntu Karmic, and they've packaged KDE 4.3beta1 as of yet. I will take another look when they update to beta2.
Comment 1 Khashayar 2009-06-08 10:25:22 UTC 
By the way, I guess this bug should be filed against the kcm_randr module. But I can't find a way to change that now.
Comment 2 Khashayar 2009-06-09 10:46:00 UTC 
I can now confirm this bug also lives in KDE 4.3Beta2.
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2009-06-30 09:23:23 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 180437 ***