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[Emmanuel THIERRY <861272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Whenever a new monitor is plugged, the desktop may switch to an inappropriate screen. System settings should permit to change the default monitor, but they don't.
The gnome-display-properties tool (or its equivalent) has regressed from its Hardy version, which permitted to set the default monitor. While the current one, provided by default in the gnome-control-center package, has much less features.
This is a very bug for normal users which shouldn't have to:
 - Install a third party package to do this very basic operation
 - Rely on drivers and tools of their graphic card, which might not provide a specific tool to handle multi-screen or other basic features
 - Hack their xorg configuration, as it is proposed in these kind of tutorials [http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/multi-ecran] (i haven't check on ubuntu.com, but i'm sure it is exactly the same)

Note that this bug should be considered as important because Ubuntu
people often argue that their system is usable by "human beings", and
then because the tested distribution is an up to date 10.4 LTS (so still
supported).

** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: interface

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Title:
  No easy way to configure default monitor (regression)

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Whenever a new monitor is plugged, the desktop may switch to an inappropriate screen. System settings should permit to change the default monitor, but they don't.
  The gnome-display-properties tool (or its equivalent) has regressed from its Hardy version, which permitted to set the default monitor. While the current one, provided by default in the gnome-control-center package, has much less features.
  This is a very bug for normal users which shouldn't have to:
   - Install a third party package to do this very basic operation
   - Rely on drivers and tools of their graphic card, which might not provide a specific tool to handle multi-screen or other basic features
   - Hack their xorg configuration, as it is proposed in these kind of tutorials [http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/multi-ecran] (i haven't check on ubuntu.com, but i'm sure it is exactly the same)

  Note that this bug should be considered as important because Ubuntu
  people often argue that their system is usable by "human beings", and
  then because the tested distribution is an up to date 10.4 LTS (so
  still supported).

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