Can't Maximize on Second Monitor

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Can't Maximize on Second Monitor

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I have Linux Mint 17.1, MATE edition, on a laptop with a second monitor attached. Everything works great, except for one small annoyance: I can't maximize windows on the laptop's monitor. When I try to do so MATE simply maximizes the window to my second monitor. I *could* just drag the window over to the correct monitor, except that monitor has the task bar on it, so windows on it need to have a slightly smaller height when maximized.

As a result, every time I want to maximize a window on this monitor I have to do it "by hand". Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? It worked perfectly fine in previous versions of Mint/MATE ...
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Re: Can't Maximize on Second Monitor

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Which is the primary monitor, the notebook or the external ??
--that's the one that is affected by your desktop actions..

Also can depend on the GPU used, they often have multiple monitor apps available for GPU control..
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4985 ... buntu-10-0
--nvidia example
https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux/ubu ... d-edition/
--AMD/ATI example

You could also have a workplace(s) in use, and switch over to the other desktop (aka virtual desktop)
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=42192

As to why MATE isn't working for you. don't know
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MATE
--settings available, review of same may be helpful, but at least worth looking at to see file locations and conf, available
  • Or it is the window manager, compiz or other within MATE..
http://mate-desktop.org/
--linked within Arch info, MATE's pages..
http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs:mate-conf
  • MateConf stores data in the user space in $HOME/.mateconf:
    desktop/mate for desktop settings
    apps ..
  • MateConf tool
    mateconftool-2 is the MATE configuration tool. It is meant to be used from command line
    $ mateconftool-2 -R /desktop/mate
    That will display some of the MATE desktop settings.
    MateConf editor
    The MateConf Editor is a graphical application and as such is more targeted towards the general user
--pulled a page, not necessary enough information available.
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Re: Can't Maximize on Second Monitor

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Thanks for the response.
Which is the primary monitor, the notebook or the external ??
--that's the one that is affected by your desktop actions..
Unfortunately I have no idea how to determine that (nothing in the monitor preferences says anything about one monitor being "primary").

However, as for only one of them affecting my desktop actions, that isn't how it's been in previous editions of Mint/MATE. In all previous editions I've been able to maximize windows to both monitors just fine.
Also can depend on the GPU used, they often have multiple monitor apps available for GPU control..
*Links*
Thanks for the links, but I haven't had to manually edit xorg.conf (or any other graphics config file) in years,so I'm not clear on what to do. Plus as I understand it these files are now auto-generated by the GUI config tools (eg. NVidia X Server Settings), so even if I found a fix wouldn't it just get overwritten as soon as I used the GUI again?
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Re: Can't Maximize on Second Monitor

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Still looking for a fix to this issue if anyone knows one. Obviously it's not the most important issue, but it is annoying.
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