HowTo: Get Gnome 3 to work in a more conventional way with dual displays

Normally when you use multiple displays in Linux both displays make up a complete workspace.  However, the default behaviour in Gnome 3 is to only have the primary display change when you switch workspaces.  I can see some advantages to doing it this way.  Although, this is not the way I usually work so I reverted to the normal method.

To do this you need to install 'gconf-editor'.  Open it and go to:

Desktop -> Gnome -> Shell -> Windows

Then uncheck the box named workspaces_only_on_primary.

You'll need to log out for the setting to take effect.

This web page give a more graphical set of instructions: http://tinyurl.com/6dgq5t2