[compiz] compiz works really strange with external monitor

[Kristian Lyngstøl]

Sorry for replying out of order...

On Feb 4, 2008 6:52 PM, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, u found this bug with compiz turned on:
>
> "metacity doesn't know what is the full screen resolution"
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431302
>
> Can you please look at it and say if this looks like a compiz, X,
> gnome which bug :)

I've been aware of this issue for about a year or more now, but never
really considered it a bug. Like  Danny sais in the cf bug report [1],
it's totally wm-dependant how to treat this issue.

However, I believe it makes sense for Compiz to have an option to
ignore outputs that are completely overlapped by larger outputs, as
this makes a lot of sense. It also shouldn't be too hard to implement.

I'm having difficulties seeing where it wouldn't be smart, but I know
the existing behavior served a purpose for me when my tv (1024x768)
was cloned with my LCD (1280x1024). I could maximize movies to fit the
tv, which was convenient, but it looked quote bad on the larger LCD.

[1] http://bugs.opencompositing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765

- Kristian