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[Bug 1234679] Re: multimonitor fails to render the screen correctly when both Xmir and X are running and produces "cannot switch monitor configuration" error notification

 

XMir 1.0 (the old Xorg extension) is now deprecated and is not being
maintained or fixed. It is replaced by the new 'Xmir' binary (package
'xmir') introduced in Ubuntu 15.10 wily.


** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

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Title:
  multimonitor fails to render the screen correctly when both Xmir and X
  are running and produces "cannot switch monitor configuration" error
  notification

Status in Mir:
  Invalid
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  How to reproduce:
  Boot ubuntu and login to unity having both monitors plugged.
  Start xserver (with startx)and enter another DE. - i started xfce
  Change the display settings to match the unity display settings in the other DE
  Unplug and plug the 2nd monitor while on X DE
  Switch to the unity tty (ctrl alt f7 in my case)
  You should get the error.

  When I ran the screenshot program I got a crtc error notification (see
  the screenshot).

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