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On 3/10/08, Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Brendan Kidwell wrote: > > I've been using Ubuntu with GNOME for almost a year now. This week on my > > laptop and on my work desktop I switched to KDE. > > > > On my work desktop, I have two screens, and I'm using xinerama to > control > > that. I'm using the KDE 3 that's released with Ubuntu 7.10, not a KDE 4 > > beta. > > > > If I put a KDE panel (the main panel, a new one, whatever) on the TOP of > > screen 1: > > * The panel reserves a certain vertical space on the top of screen 1 and > > paints itself there. App windows can't be placed in that space. (okay) > > * The panel ALSO reserves the same vertical space on the top of screen 2 > and > > leaves it as whitespace. App windows can't be placed here either. (BAD) > > [...] > > If I put a KDE panel on the BOTTOM of screen 1: > > * The panel reserves vertical space on the bottom of screen 1, paints > > itself. (okay) > > * The bottom of screen 2 appears to behave NORMALLY. Windows can be > placed > > there. (okay) > > > > Try placing the panel on Screen 2 and the inverse happens (Screen 1 > > misbehaves). > > > I'm not entirely clear on what is going on, but you have a bunch of > different options, I think. > > In the properties for the panel (Right click, Configure Panel...), you > can do what I do: > > 1] Have the panel go across both monitors by selecting the Xinerama screen > to "All Screens" (or pick the screen you want), in the Arrangement panel. > > 2] In the Hiding panel, select the Allow Other WIndows to cover the panel.
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