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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> on 2012/07/03 20:47:08 UTC
AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a presentation.
I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
I would welcome input from users from the Apache lists; I bring it to the attention of the ooo-dev list as some developer working on Impress may test this in passing.
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:42:44 +0800
Ji Yan <ya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Rory,
>
> Could you please tell us how did you set the two monitors? I test Windows
> XP and Mac on my laptop with projector connected, there is no problem and
> will try Ubuntu later.
>
> 2012/7/4 Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
>
> > I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate
> > input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a
> > presentation.
> >
> > I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the
> > second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
> >
> > I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
> > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
> >
> > I would welcome input from users from the Apache lists; I bring it to the
> > attention of the ooo-dev list as some developer working on Impress may test
> > this in passing.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
> >
The fix in the bug report referred to by Ariel Constenla-Haile earlier in this thread, and incorporated into the current AOO 3.4.1 dev builds works.
On Ubuntu I was able to hotplug a monitor/beamer and by selecting System Settings /Displays (/ Monitors on earlier Ubuntus) I could turn off "mirror displays", then drag the two monitors to desired positions on the display space. In Lubuntu I hotplugged the monitor/beamer and ran arandr which had the same effect. arandr can save ones configuration (either single monitor or dual - perhaps multiple? - monitors) as a script file. Running the appropriate batch file sets Lubuntu up to recognise the dual monitor positioning; the script files can be linked to hotkeys (arandr gives instructions).
All is now working well on my presentation netbook. Many disgruntled listeners may shorty be making little wax dolls labeled "Ariel" and sticking pins into them, so, if you don't feel well, Ariel, you know what is the cause :-)
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Ji Yan <ya...@gmail.com>.
Hi Rory,
Could you please tell us how did you set the two monitors? I test Windows
XP and Mac on my laptop with projector connected, there is no problem and
will try Ubuntu later.
2012/7/4 Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
> I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate
> input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a
> presentation.
>
> I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the
> second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
>
> I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
>
> I would welcome input from users from the Apache lists; I bring it to the
> attention of the ooo-dev list as some developer working on Impress may test
> this in passing.
>
>
> --
> Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
>
--
Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Joost Andrae <Jo...@gmx.de>.
Hi,
>>
> All running X11. I'm an old fashioned User, coming from punched cards and tape (1965) via text based editors on home assembled computers (ah! the Z80...) to PCs, using them as tools, so I don't need any fancy screens and effects.
>
besides issue 119327 using Wayland instead of X11 would have been a
possible cause. I'm not sure if AOO already supports Wayland features or
if there are plans to support it.
Kind regards, Joost
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:18:16 +0200
Joost Andrae <Jo...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in the moment I have just one "question" in mind when I read "Ubuntu" in
> this context:
>
> Does your system run X11 or Wayland ?
>
>
> Am 03.07.2012 20:47, schrieb Rory O'Farrell:
> > I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a presentation.
> >
> > I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
> >
> > I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
> > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
> >
>
> Kind regards, Joost
>
>
All running X11. I'm an old fashioned User, coming from punched cards and tape (1965) via text based editors on home assembled computers (ah! the Z80...) to PCs, using them as tools, so I don't need any fancy screens and effects.
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Joost Andrae <Jo...@gmx.de>.
Hi,
in the moment I have just one "question" in mind when I read "Ubuntu" in
this context:
Does your system run X11 or Wayland ?
Am 03.07.2012 20:47, schrieb Rory O'Farrell:
> I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a presentation.
>
> I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
>
> I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
>
Kind regards, Joost
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 23:55:49 -0300
Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Rory,
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> > I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a presentation.
> >
> > I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
> >
> > I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
> > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
> >
> > I would welcome input from users from the Apache lists; I bring it to the attention of the ooo-dev list as some developer working on Impress may test this in passing.
>
> this is a known bug: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119327
>
> Regards
>
Thank you for the pointer, Ariel. I had made a quick bug search, but missed that one.
I'll post the pointer to the Forum thread, for completeness.
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
Re: AOO 3.4 Impress not recognising Dual monitors?
Posted by Ariel Constenla-Haile <ar...@apache.org>.
Hi Rory,
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> I'm not yet in a position to raise a formal bug, but I would appreciate input from other users who may have occasion to use AOO 3.4 to give a presentation.
>
> I have not been able to get AOO 3:4 Impress to successfully recognise the second monitor on later *ubuntu systems (say 11:10 and later).
>
> I have requested information from others on the Forum in thread
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=54875
>
> I would welcome input from users from the Apache lists; I bring it to the attention of the ooo-dev list as some developer working on Impress may test this in passing.
this is a known bug: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119327
Regards