Trouble window list on dual monitor

[Liam Proven]

On 17 May 2011 23:42, drew einhorn <drew.einhorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Welp. GNOME isn't /the/ most reliable panel there is, I'm afraid. I
believe I've seen instances where this doesn't work, too. Sorry.


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