On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 11:34 +1030, Wayne Sierke wrote: > Nico, > > On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 10:06 +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Unfortunately with this > > setup it is not possible to drag windows from one display to the other, > > however I don't mind as long as there is a reliable way to start > > applications on the display where I want them to be. Now there is the > > rub: depending on the Linux distribution and even the version of the > > distribution, starting applications from the Gnome menu bars or the menu > > I get when right-clicking the desktop background will start applications > > on the screen where I'm clicking or more likely always on the first > > display (making it impossible to work as I can't drag them to the other > > display). For instance in Ubuntu 9.04 most applications I start from > > the top menu bar will insist on appearing on the first display (not all > > of them however?). > > I also saw this behaviour. I don't have a reliable record but it's > possible that it started after upgrading gnome to 2.26.1. I didn't get > around to investigating whether a fix was available. Upgrading to 2.26.3 > seems to have fixed it. Hmm, Ubuntu 9.10 will use Gnome 2.28, I'll see what difference that will make. I don't really want to start compiling my own gnome as I'm managing about 20 linux workstations and they all need to be the same. > > Most notably it is now impossible for me to start an > > xterm on my second display (I know I can force this by manually starting > > the application with the '--display ' option but that's not easy to work > > with as my wife also uses my pc so the display number will change > > depending on who logged in first). > > I was able to launch gnome-terminal and other apps on screen 1 simply by > launching them via the "Run Application" menu (Alt-F2) executed with > screen 1 active - and subsequently also by launching apps from the > command line in a gnome-terminal session opened on screen 1. Good tip. I'll try that one. > > Note that Ubuntu 8.10 did not have > > this problem. I already asked this question in the Ubuntu forum but > > there I mainly got blank stares. I'm assuming this behaviour has > > something to do with the Gnome version being used which is why I'm > > trying my luck here now. > > > > So, is there a way to change this behaviour so applications started from > > the menu bars at the top and bottom of the screen will always start on > > that specific display? > > > > Or otherwise how can I change the menu I get when I right-click on the > > desktop background? Whatever I start from this menu seems to appear on > > the correct display. Unfortunately there isn't much useful in this menu > > on Ubuntu. The information I found on the Gnome website regarding > > changing menus seems to be mostly about chaning the menus for the top > > and bottom menu bars. > > There seems to be a utility called nautilus-actions however I've never > used it. It also seems that some people consider it worthwhile to use > compiz-fusion to take advantage of its ability to configure desktop > menus. Googling on something like "gnome desktop right-click menu" > should bring up some useful pages. Thanks I'll have a look at that too. Thanks for the tips!! Nico -- With kind regards Nico De Ranter Senior System Administrator Techsoft Centre Technology and Software Centre Europe The Corporate Village - Da Vincilaan 7-D1 - B-1935 Zaventem - Belgium Phone: +32 (0)2 700 8641 Fax: +32 (0)2 700 8622 E-mail: nico.deranter@xxxxxxxxxxx A division of Sony Europe (Belgium) N.V. VAT BE 0413.825.160 - RPR Brussels Fortis - BIC GEBABEBB - IBAN BE41293037680010 _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list