Move the gnome-panel to second monitor (Linux Mint 11/12, Gnome 2 & 3)
Introduction
I'm new to Linux Mint but I do use Linux since 2003 (mostly Debian and Ubuntu). Up to now it was always possible to easily move a panel in Gnome to wherever I wanted it by pressing Alt + Button1 (left mouse) to move the panel. In Linux Mint this does not seem to work.
Question
How can I move a gnome-panel to my second monitor in Linux Mint?
Information
I use
- a freshly installed Linux Mint 11 "Katya"
- Gnome 2.3 / Gnome 3
- GNOME-Panel 2.32.1
- Compiz 0.9.4.0
In earlier Versions
- I was first able to move it like any other windows just with Button1
- later I needed Button1 to move it
Solution for others to see
Gnome 2.3:
In the panel options uncheck "expand panel", then it is possible to simply move the panel anywhere you want.
Very intuitive... not! But it works.
Gnome 3:.0
Any ideas?
Solution 1:
You can use xrandr
to set a primary monitor.
First use the -q
option to discover the "name" of your other monitor. The 2nd one is probably the one with a shift, here: +1440
after the resolution 1280x800
for LVDS1
.
> xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2720 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1280x800+1440+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 303mm x 190mm
1280x800 60.0*+ 50.0
[...]
VGA1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 257mm
1440x900 59.9*+ 75.0
[...]
Than set that monitor to primary:
> xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary