Trouble window list on dual monitor

[drew einhorn]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17 May 2011 23:21, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a netbook with a tiny screen and a nice big external display.
>  They
> > are successfully running gnome in a dual monitor configuration on an up
> to
> > date Maverick install.
> > I have a Window List applet running in a panel at the top of the netbook
> > screen.  If I open a new window on the netbook, it appear in the window
> it
> > appears in the window list applet as expected.  But if I drag the window
> to
> > the big screen.  It disappears from the window list.  And if I minimize a
> > window on the big screen, then it's lost forever, and I have not been
> able
> > to recover it.  If I reboot.  Sometimes I briefly see the lost window as
> the
> > system is shutting down.
>
> Right-click the switcher and pick Properties. Tick the box that says
> "show windows from all workspaces" (or words to that effect; I'm on
> Unity these days so no longer have it.)
>

That sure sounded like it was going to work.

Found the box, clicked it.

It didn't help. I still see the same behavior.

Thought rebooting might help.

It didn't help. I still see the same behavior.

-- 
Drew Einhorn

"You can see a lot by just looking."
  --  Yogi Berra
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