Thread: lightdm with vertical offset

i'm not sure if right place post i'm pretty sure it's issue lightdm i'm putting here.

installed 11.10 today , after couple of hours of fiddling nvidia drivers , manually editing xorg.conf have multi-monitor setup working. issue have 2 1920x1080 monitors 1 in landscape , other portrait. issue remains getting offset right between 2 monitors there isn't "jump" when move cursor in between. have liked adding vertical offset secondary monitor, i.e. have xorg.conf entry like
screen 1 "screen1" 1920 -380
discovered having negative value offset causes display manager unceremoniously fail start. solution came add vertical offset positive on other screen, i.e.
screen 0 "screen0" 0 380
screen 1 "screen1" 1920 0
works except messes taskbar/menubar in strange way. menu bar (the thing "file, view" etc @ top of screen) no longer visible on screen0 , task bar displays kind of cut off below offset is. here screenshot of both monitors can see task bar , menu bar present on second not first monitor.

appreciated.

i have same issue if switch gdm perhaps it's not display manager issue? i've found 2 sources (here , here) of people having same problem fixed offset , didn't appear have same problem. may try installing xubuntu-desktop , see if works nice if avoid that.

edit: here person fixed issue positive offset , didn't seem have same problem i'm having.

here entire xorg.conf file:

# nvidia-settings: x configuration file generated nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 290.10 (buildd@charichuelo) wed nov 23 07:50:49 utc 2011


section "serverlayout"

# removed option "xinerama" "0"
identifier "layout0"
screen 0 "screen0" 0 380
screen 1 "screen1" 1920 0
inputdevice "keyboard0" "corekeyboard"
inputdevice "mouse0" "corepointer"
option "xinerama" "1"
endsection

section "files"
endsection

section "inputdevice"

# generated default
identifier "mouse0"
driver "mouse"
option "protocol" "auto"
option "device" "/dev/psaux"
option "emulate3buttons" "no"
option "zaxismapping" "4 5"
endsection

section "inputdevice"

# generated default
identifier "keyboard0"
driver "kbd"
endsection

section "monitor"

# horizsync source: edid, vertrefresh source: edid
identifier "monitor0"
vendorname "unknown"
modelname "dell p2211h"
horizsync 30.0 - 83.0
vertrefresh 56.0 - 76.0
option "dpms"
endsection

section "monitor"

# horizsync source: edid, vertrefresh source: edid
identifier "monitor1"
vendorname "unknown"
modelname "dell p2210h"
horizsync 30.0 - 83.0
vertrefresh 56.0 - 76.0
option "dpms"
option "rotate" "ccw"
endsection

section "device"
identifier "device0"
driver "nvidia"
vendorname "nvidia corporation"
boardname "geforce gtx 470"
busid "pci:2:0:0"
screen 0
endsection

section "device"
identifier "device1"
driver "nvidia"
vendorname "nvidia corporation"
boardname "geforce gtx 470"
option "randrrotation" "on"
busid "pci:2:0:0"
screen 1
endsection

section "screen"
identifier "screen0"
device "device0"
monitor "monitor0"
defaultdepth 24
option "twinview" "0"
option "metamodes" "dfp-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
subsection "display"
depth 24
endsubsection
endsection

section "screen"
identifier "screen1"
device "device1"
monitor "monitor1"
defaultdepth 24
option "twinview" "0"
option "metamodes" "dfp-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
subsection "display"
depth 24
endsubsection
endsection

section "extensions"
option "composite" "disable"
endsection

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