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["Mads Chr. Olesen" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: compiz

I have a nVidia twin-view setup with 2 screens, 1900x1200 and 1680x1050.
I would like to use 12 horizontal virtual desktops. This is currently
not possible.

I have dug a bit into the code (compiz and Xorg), and it seems the
underlying issue is that the X-server does not support window positions
outside [-32768;32768], because it uses the "short" variable type. The
setup I would like would require a desktop size of 43200x1200 pixels,
and as such fails in funny ways (windows suddenly changing positions,
etc.).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,move,resize,place,decoration,animation,ccp,put,gnomecompat,regex,extrawm,png,workarounds,text,session,neg,ring,svg,video,annotate,dbus,imgjpeg,resizeinfo,snap,cube,switcher,rotate,scale,scaleaddon,scalefilter]
Date: Wed Feb  3 16:35:13 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: LENOVO. 27469BG
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] [10de:06e9] (rev a1)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=33eaae46-59a3-41fc-b364-be069d0ed531 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=da_DK.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2.1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: compiz
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 09/05/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6AET46WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: 27469BG
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: LENOVO 6AET46WW
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: LENOVO 6AET46WW
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6AET46WW:bd09/05/2008:svnLENOVO.:pn27469BG:pvrThinkPadSL500:rvnLENOVO:rn27469BG:rvrLENOVO6AET46WW:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrLENOVO6AET46WW:
dmi.product.name: 27469BG
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad SL500
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO.
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.31-17-generic

** Affects: compiz (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Limitation on the number of virtual desktops
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516605
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