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== Known issues == | == Known issues == | ||
* KWin doesn‘t start right away but once started manually works fine | * KWin doesn‘t start right away but once started manually works fine (patch at https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101125/) | ||
* KDE Splash screen doesn‘t appear on other screens than the primary one | * KDE Splash screen doesn‘t appear on other screens than the primary one (patch at https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101136/) | ||
* Localization | * Localization doesn't apply properly on the other screens, e.g. Plasma seems to be in English all the time while other programs usually have the correct locale (patch at https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101133/) | ||
* Legacy Startup indicator (bouncing mouse cursor) | * Legacy Startup indicator (bouncing mouse cursor) isn't aware of the other monitors, the new Compositing one works fine | ||
* Cannot create a default panel (with Kickoff, taskbar, systray, clock, …), just an empty one | * Cannot create a default panel (with Kickoff, taskbar, systray, clock, …), just an empty one | ||
* New application | * New application instances always open on that screen where another one is already opened instead of showing up on the screen from which they were launched | ||
* Mouse pointer garbled sometimes, especially on start up on other monitors | * Mouse pointer garbled sometimes, especially on start up on other monitors | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 15 April 2011
Multihead is a configuration where you have independent X servers running on each screen, meaning you also need to run another instance of Plasma, Kwin, …
Known issues
- KWin doesn‘t start right away but once started manually works fine (patch at https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101125/)
- KDE Splash screen doesn‘t appear on other screens than the primary one (patch at https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101136/)
- Localization doesn't apply properly on the other screens, e.g. Plasma seems to be in English all the time while other programs usually have the correct locale (patch at https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/101133/)
- Legacy Startup indicator (bouncing mouse cursor) isn't aware of the other monitors, the new Compositing one works fine
- Cannot create a default panel (with Kickoff, taskbar, systray, clock, …), just an empty one
- New application instances always open on that screen where another one is already opened instead of showing up on the screen from which they were launched
- Mouse pointer garbled sometimes, especially on start up on other monitors