Bug 1480371 - Configuring 3 displays in mate-display-properties not possible
Summary: Configuring 3 displays in mate-display-properties not possible
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mate-desktop
Version: 26
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Wolfgang Ulbrich
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-10 20:24 UTC by Basic Six
Modified: 2018-05-29 11:46 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2018-05-29 11:46:37 UTC
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mate-display-properties (38.80 KB, image/png)
2017-08-10 20:24 UTC, Basic Six
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Description Basic Six 2017-08-10 20:24:53 UTC
Created attachment 1311902 [details]
mate-display-properties

Description of problem:

In Mate, it does not seem possible to configure 3 displays to extend the desktop using the gui tool "mate-display-properties". At first, only two displays are shown, the third one is hidden behind them and appears when the right one is moved. However, it is not possible to move either one of the displays to the side in order to line them all up side by side and have a desktop spanning 3 displays. They can only be moved vertically, so the third one stays hidden behind the other two.
Also, moving any one of them around leads to a strange display bug (since upgrading to Fedora 26), see screenshot.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 26



How reproducible:

Always.



Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have more than 2 monitors.
2. Try to use them in Mate.
3. Give up.



Actual results:

Only one monitor is on by default and this particular gui tool does not seem to be able to position all of them next to each other.



Expected results:

Configuring multiple displays should not require an admin who needs to edit the config file manually because the gui does not work. There should be a simple gui that just works, ideally without having to move rectangles around as long as the user simply wants to use multiple monitors for a large desktop area.



Additional info:

When trying to move one of the displays to the edge of the window, it sometimes jumps all the way to the bottom, which seems even less useful.

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