lxpanel reserves space on wrong monitor in mutlimonitor setup with maximized windows.

Bug #1476791 reported by Lyn Perrine
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lxpanel (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

To reproduce on lubuntu wily in a multimonitor setup with the following xrandr conmmand line for the config

xrandr --output VIRTUAL1 --off --output DP2 --off --output DP1 --off --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768 --pos 0x1080 --rotate normal --output VGA1 --off

and lxpanel set to reseve space for the window manager with maximized windows it does not. In the attached screenshot I used a long comand dmesg and then scrolled
With the smaller laptop screen below. The screenshot shows an entire rectangle but the latpop screen is 1366x768. on the external hdmi monitor open a terminal and maxmize it Then run dmesg sudo apt-get update or another command that prints a lot of text. then scroll down in the terminal to the bottom. Start typing a command and notice that what you are typing is obscured.
lxpanel:
  Installed: 0.7.2-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.7.2-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.2-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)
Release: 15.10
lxrandr:
  Installed: 0.3.0-1
  Candidate: 0.3.0-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.0-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I expected the maximized window to have the bottom not hidden by the panel on my hdmi monitor it obscures the bottom line so I cannot see what I am tying in as a command or have trouble seeing what I am typing in the ncurses irc client weechat. I have the problem in both sakura and lxterminal. If I restore the terminal window and drag it to the other monitor and maximize the panel I get a bar of the same width of the panel making this appear as if it is reserving space on the wrong monitor.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: lxpanel 0.7.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.0.0-4.7-generic 4.0.7
Uname: Linux 4.0.0-4-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Config_Home_Lubuntu:
 [Command]
 Logout=lxsession-default quit
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Tue Jul 21 11:25:09 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-02 (48 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150602)
SourcePackage: lxpanel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Lyn Perrine (walterorlin) wrote :
summary: - lxpanel does not reserve space in mutlimonitor setup.
+ lxpanel does not reserves space on wrong monitor in mutlimonitor setup.
description: updated
summary: - lxpanel does not reserves space on wrong monitor in mutlimonitor setup.
+ lxpanel reserves space on wrong monitor in mutlimonitor setup with
+ maximized windows.
Revision history for this message
LStranger (andrej-rep) wrote :

From your description I would say you want impossible. Your panel is literally in middle of the screen in your layout but space may be reserved only near edge of the screen, not in middle, it's how multi-monitor screens work. It's why that setting is inactive in configuration dialog since version 0.8.0 in layout like yours to reflect the fact it cannot work. Thank you but sorry.

Changed in lxpanel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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