[Bug 215158] New: multiple screen setup problems, missing configuration options

[H.H.]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215158

           Summary: multiple screen setup problems, missing configuration
                    options
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Fedora RPMs
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: cyberbeat at gmx.de


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

On laptops, the Intel driver reports the VGA output (and others) before the
LVDS. KDE then seems to pick the first output  as its "primary monitor". I
don't like this because it puts my panel in the external display.

Randr-1.3 has a new option "primary". This seems not to be supported? Would be
nice.

If I now unplug my external monitor, I get an unusable empty screen. I think
randr-1.3 should report (un)plug-events, too? Does KDE listen to these?

The first time I activated my external monitor with krandrtray it showed the
same as the internal screen, and multi-monitor-setup was disabled in
systemsettings. had to call xrandr from console. After that systemsettings
(restarted) displayed multimonitor setup, where I cannot change anything
layout-specific. Also my first runs of xrandr resulted in corrupted desktop,
where moving some windows made pixel-garbage.

Proposal: let me be able to change in kde-display-settings
a) the primary display (with main panel,..)
b) the layout setup ( for example by drag/drop the screens in the
layout-preview), I only achieved this by xrandr in console.

References:

A bug in gnome which references common gnome/kde effort for common setup:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562944

Gnome randr page:
http://live.gnome.org/RandR

Bug in Opensuse:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555882

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