Screen-space appear to be truncated on all sides after upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10

Asked by lpandz

A] With the truncate, I don't have the...
1] Top-side bar (used to contain clock, volume control, date-time, etc).
2] Left-side bar (used to contain apps I select to 'pin' to it, and system-default icons/apps, icons of running/open apps, etc).

B] On my 21-inch 16:10 monitor at 1280*1024
With the truncate, there are unusable/dead spaces at...
3] Left-side: about 1.5-inches
4] Right-side: about 2.25-inches

C] The application-windows run with a missing...
5] Top-bar > used for getting a 'handle' to mechanically move opened-windows around, and contains the minimize, maximize, close buttons

The 'Displays' under system settings show the word 'laptop' (without the single quote) where before in 12.04, I have the correct word 'desktop'. So, it seems the Ubu 12.10 installer-routine mistook my 'ASUS M4A88T-M LE' mainboard or the SAMSUNG monitor, or both as a 'laptop', where the former 12.04 correctly read items as a 'desktop'.

Shall I need to re-try the install of 12.10? If so, I may have to do it via the command line in much as the 12.10 UI that I have is truncated (visually crippled UI, I'd say), and how do I go about it at the command line?

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lpandz (andzgod) said :
#1

Correction/Edit for the original post.
Not displaying the word 'desktop', but the correct model number of my monitor. That was under 12.04. Under 12.10, the word 'laptop' is displayed.

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lpandz (andzgod) said :
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Additional observations:
1] Under 12.04, the application menu is at the top-bar. Under my installation instance of Ubuntu 12.10, the menu is at the top-bar of the application's opened-window. Where there is space left to the right of that menu, I can use as a handle to drag the windows around as I desire, BUT...

...when the opened-window is opened at the top position, an attempt to move the window results in a 1-minute of freeze after which the freeze no longer takes hold. Try doing the same thing, and a new freeze is triggered.

In other words, forget moving the opened-window !?#*@^

That in turn means that, as much as workarounds may be explored, those workarounds itself may be with their own issues.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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lpandz (andzgod) said :
#4

Update: 2012.10.21.1710utc

I was using the motherboard built-in graphics (in VGA-mode), and when I switched to using a discreet video-card (in DVI-mode), lo and behold, I now have my usual desktop back as what I had with Ubuntu_v12.04, only now in Ubuntu_v12.10 !

The dashboard (at the left-side) is now there and functioning, and so is the top-bar (with system icons) and functioning as well. The 'Displays' system-category now correctly displays my monitor model number, and the correct optimum (a.k.a. maximum) -resolution of 1680*1050 (16:10 aspect ratio).

The above does not solve the involved issues, but perhaps simply works around it. Nonetheless, and roughly, my issue may be regarded as 'Solved' as I'm hereby closing the thread.

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lpandz (andzgod) said :
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This post: #5

Hello actionparsnip.

actionparsnip said in post#3:
Can you give the output of:
sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

my response:
A] With BIOS directed to use the motherboard built-in graphics (using VGA port) and the discreet graphics installed (but no signal out):
start--------------------------------------------------------------->
-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RS880 [Radeon HD 4250]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:c000(size=256) memory:fe9f0000-fe9fffff memory:fe800000-fe8fffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
       resources: irq:18 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:feae0000-feafffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:feac0000-feadffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
Linux Ubzud 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
<end---------------------------------------------------------------

B] With BIOS directed to use the installed discreet-graphics (using DVI) and therefore no signal out at the motherboard built-in graphics ports:
start-------------------------------------------------------------->-
*-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
       resources: irq:44 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:feae0000-feafffff ioport:d000(size=256) memory:feac0000-feadffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
Linux Ubzud 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
<end---------------------------------------------------------------