2 Problems after upgrade to 11.10

10-15-2011, 03:00 PM

Hi all,
I have carried out a new install of 11.10 and have a few problems:-
1. Every program starts to the task bar and is not displayed on the desktop.
If I right click on the task bar entry, select advanced and then click keep
above others, the program is displayed on the desktop. --- weird eh!
2. The set-up didn't detect my second screen so only one screen is working.
When I check system settings it thinks I only have one screen. What do I need
to do to to set up 2 screens?

Thanks for any help
Paul

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10-15-2011, 03:39 PM

First question: Is there a residual ~/.kde folder left over from a previous install? *I keep /home on a separate partition so that when I do a "new install" I can just wipe / but leave /home. *I have sometimes run into problems with kde config using an old ~/.kde with a new kde
For the screen thing, you have two possibilities. *In System Settings, select Display and Monitor. *It should be apparent how to make the config you want.
You can also use the command line with xrandr. *If you have old hardware, you may need to create a custom xorg.conf file as well.
There's also several mulit-head help pages:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolutionhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/XineramaHowTo

Good luckPaul
From: "Paul Stear" <linux@appjaws.plus.com>
To: "Kubuntu user technical support" <kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:00:58 AM
Subject: 2 Problems after upgrade to 11.10

Hi all,
I have carried out a new install of 11.10 and have a few problems:-
1.********Every program starts to the task bar and is not displayed on the desktop. *
If I right click on the task bar entry, select advanced and then click keep
above others, the program is displayed on the desktop. --- weird eh!
2.********The set-up didn't detect my second screen so only one screen is working. *
When I check system settings it thinks I only have one screen. *What do I need
to do to to set up 2 screens?

Thanks for any help
Paul

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10-17-2011, 10:11 AM

On Saturday 15 Oct 2011 15:39:55 Paul Kaplan wrote:
> First question: Is there a residual ~/.kde folder left over from a previous
> install? I keep /home on a separate partition so that when I do a "new
> install" I can just wipe / but leave /home. I have sometimes run into
> problems with kde config using an old ~/.kde with a new kde

You were right, I deleted the new one, logged out/in and all is well.
>
> You can also use the command line with xrandr. If you have old hardware, you
> may need to create a custom xorg.conf file as well.

I set up an xorg.conf file and I now have 2 screens working.
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.
Paul

> Hi all,
> I have carried out a new install of 11.10 and have a few problems:-
> 1. Every program starts to the task bar and is not displayed on the desktop.
> If I right click on the task bar entry, select advanced and then click keep
> above others, the program is displayed on the desktop. --- weird eh! 2. The
> set-up didn't detect my second screen so only one screen is working. When I
> check system settings it thinks I only have one screen. What do I need to
> do to to set up 2 screens?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Paul

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