Move the gnome-panel to second monitor (Linux Mint 11/12, Gnome 2 & 3)

Question

Introduction

I'm new to Linux Mint but I do use Linux since 2003 (mostly Debian and Ubuntu). Up to now it was always possible to easily move a panel in Gnome to wherever I wanted it by pressing Alt + Button1 (left mouse) to move the panel. In Linux Mint this does not seem to work.

Question

How can I move a gnome-panel to my second monitor in Linux Mint?

Information

I use

• a freshly installed Linux Mint 11 "Katya"
• Gnome 2.3 / Gnome 3
• GNOME-Panel 2.32.1
• Compiz 0.9.4.0

In earlier Versions

• I was first able to move it like any other windows just with Button1
• later I needed Button1 to move it

Solution for others to see

Gnome 2.3:

In the panel options uncheck "expand panel", then it is possible to simply move the panel anywhere you want.

Very intuitive... not! But it works.

Gnome 3:.0

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use xrandr to set a primary monitor.

First use the -q option to discover the "name" of your other monitor. The 2nd one is probably the one with a shift, here: +1440 after the resolution 1280x800 for LVDS1.

> xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2720 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1280x800+1440+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 303mm x 190mm
   1280x800       60.0*+   50.0  
[...]
VGA1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 257mm
   1440x900       59.9*+   75.0  
[...]

Than set that monitor to primary:

> xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary