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xfce4-display-settings randomly blocks overlaying ('same-as') mode
Status:
RESOLVED: MOVED
Product:
Xfce4-settings
Component:
Display Settings

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Description John 2016-05-06 00:21:48 CEST
I frequently take my notebook to the universities where I teach. Each has different projectors, and at home I don't have any, so I find myself frequently switching configurations.

Lately, and randomly, the display-settings comes up convinced that the laptop's and projector's screens are not overlayable. I.e. when trying to move one display on top of the other, display-settings doesn't let me. (the images representing move around one another, but never on top of each other).
I am not sure I'm doing it right - except sometimes it _does_ work as expected.

Somewhat ignorant about what criteria display-settings used to permit overlay, I checked the frame rates - there is a small difference (60.3 vs 60.0 Hz). Could that be the reason?

xrandr --output LCDS --same-as VGA-0    worked instantly though.

Is there anything else I need to be aware of?
Comment 1 Git Bot editbugs 2020-05-28 23:05:22 CEST
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Bug #12570

Reported by:
John
Reported on: 2016-05-06
Last modified on: 2020-05-28

People

Assignee:
Jérôme Guelfucci
CC List:
3 users

Version

Version:
4.12.0

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