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This test day is part of the [[Fit_and_Finish|Fit and Finish]] initiative.
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=== What to test? ===
=== What to test? ===


Today's installment of Fedora Test Day will focus on user experience issues of display configuration, including multi-monitor setups, monitor hotplug, projectors, etc. We explicitly want to focus on user experience issues here, which means we want to find problems where typical user tasks that involve display configuration don't work as expected, not test an individual feature in depth.
Today's instalment of Fedora Test Day will focus on user experience issues of display configuration, including multi-monitor setups, monitor hotplug, projectors, etc.
 
The primary tool for display configuration on the desktop spin is gnome-display-properties, in the menus under ''System → Preferences → Display''. Another important interface to the display configuration system is the 'display' hotkey (the key that produces the XF86Display keysym) that many laptops have. On Thinkpads, this is the key combination Fn-F7, on HP laptops it is Fn-F4.  


=== Who's available ===  
=== Who's available ===  


The following cast of characters will be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion: [[User:mclasen | Matthias Clasen]], [[User:ajax | Adam Jackson]], [[User:airlied | Dave Airlie]]
The following cast of characters will be available for testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion: [[User:mclasen | Matthias Clasen]], [[User:ajax | Adam Jackson]], [[User:airlied | Dave Airlie]]
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=== Prerequisites for Test Day ===
=== Prerequisites for Test Day ===


* An up-to-date rawhide installation. See the instructions on the [[Releases/Rawhide|Rawhide]] page on the various ways in which you can install or update to Rawhide. If that feels too risky to you, we also have recent rawhide live images available (thanks to the [http://www.fedoraunity.org Fedora Unity] project) that allow you to participate without risking your existing installation. Tips on using a live image are available at [[FedoraLiveCD]].
* An uptodate rawhide installation or a recent desktop spin live cd
 
* A variety of display hardware: external monitors, projectors, etc.
Note that these images are too large to fit on a CD.  You will need to burn them to a DVD or convert them to USB images to work with them.  We are working to get the image size reduced for future test days.
 
Finally, if you don't have a rawhide installation and don't want to download an iso, your input will still be valuable if it is based on F11.
* A variety of display hardware: external monitors, projectors, rotatable lcd monitors, etc.
* A good mood. Remember; while we are poking into things that may make us angry or frustrated, we are doing it to make things better
* A good mood. Remember; while we are poking into things that may make us angry or frustrated, we are doing it to make things better


=== How to test ===
=== How to test ===


Here are some tasks involving displays and their configuration:
In this test day, we want to find small and large issues that ruin the user experience of working with different displays. So in short, you should exercise the display configuration aspects of the desktop. The primary tool is gnome-display-properties, in the menus under ''System → Preferences → Display''. Another important interface to the display configuration system is the 'display' hotkey (the key that produces the XF86Display keysym) that many laptops have. On Thinkpads, this is the key combination Fn-F7, on HP laptops it is Fn-F4.
 
Here are some things to look at:
* Does boot work as expected with multiple displays ?
* Does the login screen cope with multiple displays ?
* Does the desktop 'fall apart' when a new display is plugged in ?
* Do fullscreen apps handle extra displays in a good way ?
* Does presentation software do the right thing with projectors ?
* Does gnome-display-properties show the right names for your displays ?
* Does gnome-display-properties let you arrange the monitors in the way you want ?
* Do laptop display-switch keys do something sensible ?
* Do multiple successive configuration changes work ?
* Does rotation behave as expected with 3D apps, video, etc ?
* Are there rendering issues when using large desktop configs with a compositor like gnome-shell or compiz ?
* Are all expected outputs detected ?
* Are any unexpected outputs detected ?


=== Issues that were identified ===
=== Issues that were identified ===
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| Tester || Description || Bug references || Status
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| mclasen || Label colors in capplet and status icon don't match ||  [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509837 #509837] || '''FIXED'''
| mclasen || Label colors in capplet and status icon don't match ||  [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=586193 #586193]
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| jrb || plymouth and gdm use different-sized bullets || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499203 #499203] || '''FIXED'''
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| mclasen || plymouth clones different-sized monitors || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510021 #510021]
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| ajax || RANDR output setup should default to RightOf if possible || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510026 #510026] || '''FIXED'''
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| mclasen || side-effect of turning a monitor on || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510029 #510029]
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| mclasen || changing monitor arrangement repeatedly confuses things || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510030 #510030]
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| dtimms || display activate doesn't work on HP nx6320 || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440025 #440025]
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| mclasen || background resolution wrong at login || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510043 #510043]
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| ajax ||  nautilus wallpaper looks ugly when changing display config || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510051 #510051]
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| mclasen || display detection does not work || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510057 #510057] || '''FIXED'''
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| jsmith || display applet crashes || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510054 #510054] || '''FIXED'''
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| mclasen || gnome-display-properties nees a 'make default' button || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510062 #510062]
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| mclasen || display status icon doesn't know on/off status || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510065 #510065]
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| mclasen || problems when rotating monitor with the status icon || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510072 #510072]
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| mclasen || rotated monitor display is offset || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510074 #510074] || '''FIXED'''
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| mclasen || move to other monitor window menu option || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510084 #510084]
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| mclasen || need some edge resistance beween monitors || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510085 #510085]
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| mclasen || evince presentation mode could handle multiple monitors better || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510089 #510089]
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| mclasen || gthumb slideshow mode could handle multiple monitors better || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510090 #510090]
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| mclasen || gthumb slideshow mode improvements || [http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510095 #510095]
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=== Things that work alright ===
 
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| mclasen || OpenOffice presentation, pretty slick
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| mclasen || Projector detection and handling
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| mclasen || Video on rotated monitor
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| mclasen || Fullscreen apps on individual monitors
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