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Is it possible to have different resolution for dual monitors ?

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Is it possible to have different resolution for dual monitors ?
I have one monitor 1920x1080 and one 1280x1024 , and smaller one image is squished .
Is there a workaround and can wallpaper be spaned beetwen tow .
If it makes difference i am using Ubuntu 14.04 with MATE 1.8 and MDM instead LightDM.

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Best Peter Levi (peterlevi) said : 		#1

In Unity's Appearance settings (but I'm not sure about MATE) there is a setting to change the wallpaper display mode to "Span". There should be a similar setting in MATE, if not in the GUI, it would at least be changeable from the command line.

The command would be something along the lines of:
gsettings set org.mate.background picture-options "spanned"
or
gsettings set org.mate.desktop.background picture-options "spanned"

(Guessed from: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop/blob/master/schemas/org.mate.background.gschema.xml.in.in - Possible values are "wallpaper", "centered", "scaled", "stretched", "zoom", "spanned")

Otherwise, no, it's not possible to have two different images on the two monitors (nor the same one in two different resolutions). Choose the wallpaper display mode that works best for you.

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andrey (asigurnjak) said : 		#2

Thanks Peter Levi, that solved my question.