Bug 31972 - Screen focus switching confused after resolution change
Summary: Screen focus switching confused after resolution change
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2010-11-29 08:34 UTC by Eduard Bloch
Modified: 2018-06-12 19:07 UTC (History)
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xorg.conf (4.72 KB, text/plain)
2010-11-29 08:35 UTC, Eduard Bloch
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Description Eduard Bloch 2010-11-29 08:34:34 UTC
Hello,

currently I am using a multi-monitor setup with a second VGA monitor attached
to onboard GPU. I found some problem with screen focus switching happening
after changing the resolution. Not sure it's a radeon problem or a general one,
please reassign as needed. Distro used: Debian Sid plus xorg from Experimental, 
xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.13.2-1  X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver.

Scenario one:
Start X with the second screen having a low resolution (like XGA on a SXGA
monitor). Screen focus changes when the cursor reaches the border. Now change
the resolution of display :0.1 with xrandr to the higher resolution.
What happens? When you try to move the cursor from :0.1 to :0.0 it does nothing
for a while while the mouse is moving, and it suddenly jumps to almost the
center of the area. IMO the distance is the difference between the width of
original and current resolution.

Especially the part with "while the mouse is moving" is very inconvinient,
because if you ever touched one of the borders while moving the cursor around,
it feels like it just disappeared and something is broken (mouse battery
empty?!).

Scenario two:
Like above but start X with the optimal resolution on both screens. Now set a
lower resolution on the secondary screen with xrandr. Result: the second screen
is no longer reachable! Focus switching stops working, totally. Now use
"DISPLAY=:0.1 xrandr --output VGA-0 --auto", the resolution changes back and
now focus changing works again.
Comment 1 Eduard Bloch 2010-11-29 08:35:22 UTC
Created attachment 40638 [details]
xorg.conf
Comment 2 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 19:07:03 UTC
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not
obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.


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