Wine apps display OFF desktop....

[Edgars Šmits]

2009/5/5 Edgars Šmits <ed.smits at gmail.com>:
> I have a weird problem with WINE apps - when I run them they display
> off the desktop - I can see the window silhouette in the Workplace
> switcher on one side of the desktop, holding my mouse over the
> silhouette shows the name of the application I'm trying to run, the
> app shows up in my System monitor, but I can't get to it by any means
> I can think of. I had this problem once before with the VLC control
> panel, no big problem, I deleted the ~.config/vlc folder, it
> initialised fresh, but I can't do that with WINE as far as I can see.
> I even went to the extent of uninstalling Wine, deleting my ~.wine
> folder, then doing afresh install, nada, same problem.
>
> This wasn't a problem when I was running with Ibex, but only since I
> did a rebuild and did a clean install of Jaunty.
>
> I'm running my laptop with attached LCD monitor in 1440x990 mode, ie
> wide screen, same as before. I do notice that the window silhouette
> issue may point the way - even though my browser window is running
> full screen, it's silhouette in the workplace switcher only fills up
> the left 2/3 of the window field, and the WINE app silhouettes are in
> the remaining 1/3 of the window - does that make sense?
>
> Any help appreciated. A google for WINE + Ubuntu + desktop didn't come
> up with anything useful.
>
> Thanks
>
> ED
>

OK, some logical observations - I have an internal laptop LCD panel
that is smaller than my external 1440x990 one, and Ubuntu thinks that
I have both open at the same time, with the laptop being on the right
where my Wine and other stuff disappears. However, I don't need 2
monitors ever. If I change the setting in Display to mirror, it only
allows me to set the resolution to the laptop one...

I use the external monitor 98% of the time - is there any way I can
get Ubuntu to ignore the laptop panel when an external one is
attached, but if the external one isn't attached it will display on
the laptop at the correct resolution? The laptop is an HP Pavilion
dv5153eu if that makes a difference, the video card is an ATI Mobility

Ed