From: Daniel S. <sno...@op...> - 2004-10-15 21:27:59
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I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use twinview/xinerama? Are there other options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? Cheers, Daniel Stonier. |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-16 02:53:38
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Daniel Stonier wrote: > > I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X > arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use > twinview/xinerama? Are there other > options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same > enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that. You can have it set up so that one monitor duplicates the other. Kinda a waste there. I have a 22" viewsonic and a 19" samsung. presents one long desktop where the mouse simply moves from one monitor to the other. Xinerama is the magic there. E works great. I slap a couple of gnome panels on it and I'm good to go. The panels only span one monitor, which is what I prefer. We had a discussion about this the other day on a lug list, I tossed out a couple of screenshots. You can find them here: http://www.3times25.net/dual/ -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Carsten H. (T. R. <ra...@ra...> - 2004-10-16 12:10:43
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" <sno...@op...> babbled: > > I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X > arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use > twinview/xinerama? Are there other > options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same > enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens) > > Cheers, > Daniel Stonier. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ra...@ra... 裸好多 ra...@de... Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-16 13:08:52
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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" <sno...@op...> > babbled: > > >>I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X >>arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use >>twinview/xinerama? Are there other >>options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same >>enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? > > > dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant drag > windows between screens or stretch them across screens) Okay, so I'm trying to give this a spin. I can move my mouse from monitor to monitor, but I can't drag a window from one to the other. This also means I can stretch one across the two monitors either. This sets up two distinct desktops. Separate background images. I do like this, but I've lost the ability to move windows from monitor to monitor. What am I missing? enlightenment 16.7.1 -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Peter <sw...@ho...> - 2004-10-16 23:24:55
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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" > <sno...@op...> babbled: > >> >> I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X >> arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use >> twinview/xinerama? Are there other >> options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same >> enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? > > dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant > drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens) I do this, and it's terrific. Why drag things across monitors when they are different resolutions and quality (as in my case). I use monitor 0 for panel (kicker), email, and newsgroups, and compiling (1024x768) and monitor 1 for browsing, graphics, program testing, windows (boo hiss) at 1280x1024. My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each desktop on each monitor. Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become the default for E next boot for both screens. Also, if I use ROX pinboard, all desktops and virtual desktops then will share a single background on one monitor only. But, back to topic, multi head is the way to go for me. > >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel Stonier. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal >> Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us >> Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out >> more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl >> _______________________________________________ >> enlightenment-users mailing list >> enl...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >> > > |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-17 00:37:56
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Peter wrote: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: <snip> >>dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant >>drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens) Second read on this from Rasterman, originally I misread it to say 'u can drag...' My bad. Something I'll have to get used to I guess... > I do this, and it's terrific. Why drag things across monitors when they are > different resolutions and quality (as in my case). I use monitor 0 for > panel (kicker), email, and newsgroups, and compiling (1024x768) and monitor > 1 for browsing, graphics, program testing, windows (boo hiss) at 1280x1024. Since my monitors are so close in size, I run them at the same resolution. Physical screen dimensions are less than 1 cm difference. > My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor > heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each > desktop on each monitor. Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different backgrounds on my two monitors. I still would like to be able to move windows from monitor to monitor. :( > > Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become the > default for E next boot for both screens. I'm also able to change themes independently. -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Peter <sw...@ho...> - 2004-10-17 02:36:38
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Geoffrey wrote: > Peter wrote: >> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > <snip> > > Since my monitors are so close in size, I run them at the same > resolution. Physical screen dimensions are less than 1 cm difference. > >> My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor >> heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each >> desktop on each monitor. > > Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different > backgrounds on my two monitors. > I am running 16.7.2 from CVS. And Desktop 1 and Desktop 2 share the same background on startup each time on each monitor. > I still would like to be able to move windows from monitor to monitor. :( > >> >> Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become >> the default for E next boot for both screens. > > I'm also able to change themes independently. > |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-17 11:18:43
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Peter wrote: > Geoffrey wrote: > > >>Peter wrote: >>>My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor >>>heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each >>>desktop on each monitor. >> >>Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different >>backgrounds on my two monitors. >> > > I am running 16.7.2 from CVS. And Desktop 1 and Desktop 2 share the same > background on startup each time on each monitor. Have you attempted to change the background on one and see if the other remains? You're not using xinerama right? I know that when I was using xinerama, it did keep the same on both monitors. -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Peter <sw...@ho...> - 2004-10-17 12:22:12
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Geoffrey wrote: > Peter wrote: >> Geoffrey wrote: >> >> >>>Peter wrote: > >>>>My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both >>>>monitor heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for >>>>each desktop on each monitor. >>> >>>Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different >>>backgrounds on my two monitors. >>> >> >> I am running 16.7.2 from CVS. And Desktop 1 and Desktop 2 share the same >> background on startup each time on each monitor. > > Have you attempted to change the background on one and see if the other > remains? You're not using xinerama right? I know that when I was using > xinerama, it did keep the same on both monitors. > I thought I had answered that. YES, If I change a setting on one monitor, it sticks through the entire E session. Once I quit, E stores the last change and that is the setup for BOTH monitors on the next start. Yes, using xinerama is akin to using 1 monitor. |
From: Derek S. <dsc...@cs...> - 2004-10-17 13:15:55
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On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 08:22, Peter wrote: > Geoffrey wrote:=20 > > Have you attempted to change the background on one and see if the other > > remains? You're not using xinerama right? I know that when I was usin= g > > xinerama, it did keep the same on both monitors. > >=20 >=20 > I thought I had answered that. YES, If I change a setting on one monitor,= it > sticks through the entire E session. Once I quit, E stores the last chang= e > and that is the setup for BOTH monitors on the next start. Yes, using > xinerama is akin to using 1 monitor. Back on Aug. 4 of this year, I had posted this exact question under the thread of "Bugs with Dual Head?" After searching my archives, it appears that all of the responses were sent to me off list.... However, the answer to me at that time was the only way to achieve this (two configs for dual headed screens) was to run two sessions as two different users otherwise, both screens read the same configs resulting in the odd behavior noted in this thread (and by me as well :) Further digging at the nVidia message board for Linux users turned up a known bug in their drivers preventing nVidia users from launching two X-servers to different screens. This will be fixed in a future release. (I was using the Twinview features of the nVidia driver) I saw that someone concerned with this thread posted their xconfig file and it contained the nVidia driver. This bug will rear its head once you reach the conclusion that e will need to run as two users to use separate configuration. Unless the e developers have a way of specifying separate configs for separate screens. I was told back in August to not hold my breathe. Hope this helps!! =20 --=20 Derek Schaible <dsc...@cs...> CSSI, Inc. |
From: Daniel S. <sno...@op...> - 2004-10-17 17:03:22
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Woohoo! Managed to get two differently configured desktops running (with the same user) using multihead in XF86Config without xinerama (the configuration Peter had posted). The nice thing about this is that it lets you configure two differently sized monitors. I've got one 19" CRT with 1600x1200 resolution and the other a 1280x1024 DFP. Here's the plan. - Firstly, there's a command line option you can pass to e which doesn't show up on 'enlightenment --help'. Starting e with enlightenment -single prevents it from opening slave desktops on multiple screens for the same x display (ie doesn't create the second desktop on :0.1). In effect, this gives you the same behaviour as starting an xterm session that I was looking for earlier. - I did a straight copy of my .enlightenment directory to .enlightenment-secondary for the second configuration. Note if you have lots of backgrounds/themes stored in here you might want to store them somewhere else and just symlink to it from both config directories. - I'm running gdm with a session file that looks at .Xclients for configuration. My .Xclients file: exec gnome-settings-daemon & exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash -display :0 & exec /usr/bin/gdesklets & exec /usr/bin/enlightenment -single -display :0.0 & exec /usr/bin/enlightenment -single -econfdir /home/snorri/.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1 Hope this helps the adventurous :) Cheers, Daniel Stonier. On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:15:25 -0400, Derek Schaible <dsc...@cs...> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 08:22, Peter wrote: >> Geoffrey wrote: >> > Have you attempted to change the background on one and see if the >> other >> > remains? You're not using xinerama right? I know that when I was >> using >> > xinerama, it did keep the same on both monitors. >> > >> >> I thought I had answered that. YES, If I change a setting on one >> monitor, it >> sticks through the entire E session. Once I quit, E stores the last >> change >> and that is the setup for BOTH monitors on the next start. Yes, using >> xinerama is akin to using 1 monitor. > > Back on Aug. 4 of this year, I had posted this exact question under the > thread of "Bugs with Dual Head?" > > After searching my archives, it appears that all of the responses were > sent to me off list.... > > However, the answer to me at that time was the only way to achieve this > (two configs for dual headed screens) was to run two sessions as two > different users otherwise, both screens read the same configs resulting > in the odd behavior noted in this thread (and by me as well :) > > Further digging at the nVidia message board for Linux users turned up a > known bug in their drivers preventing nVidia users from launching two > X-servers to different screens. This will be fixed in a future release. > > (I was using the Twinview features of the nVidia driver) > > I saw that someone concerned with this thread posted their xconfig file > and it contained the nVidia driver. This bug will rear its head once you > reach the conclusion that e will need to run as two users to use > separate configuration. Unless the e developers have a way of specifying > separate configs for separate screens. I was told back in August to not > hold my breathe. > > Hope this helps!! > -- email:sno...@op... http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/ |
From: Peter <sw...@ho...> - 2004-10-17 17:31:06
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Daniel Stonier wrote: > > Woohoo! Managed to get two differently configured desktops running > (with the same user) using multihead in XF86Config without xinerama > (the configuration Peter had posted). The nice thing about this is that it > lets you configure two differently sized monitors. I've got one 19" CRT > with > 1600x1200 resolution and the other a 1280x1024 DFP. Here's the plan. > snip... >> >> Hope this helps!! Yes, that's good information! |
From: Daniel S. <sno...@op...> - 2004-10-17 01:32:13
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> I do this, and it's terrific. Why drag things across monitors when they > are different resolutions and quality (as in my case). I use monitor 0 > for > panel (kicker), email, and newsgroups, and compiling (1024x768) and > monitor 1 for browsing, graphics, program testing, windows (boo hiss) at > 1280x1024. > > My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor > heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each > desktop on each monitor. > > Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become > the default for E next boot for both screens. hmm...I had thought it would be an easy fiddle to create a second .enlightenment directory, then edit .xinitrc with something like /usr/bin/enlightenment -display :0.0 & /usr/bin/enlightenment -econfdir=.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1 and start her up with startx. But...it didn't work (it spawns four instances of e). Baffling. Now if I do the same thing but with xterm -display :0.0 & xterm -display :0.1 in .xinitrc it works as I expected. What is the mechanics behind this - are they deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And if it is supposed to spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to send each command unique arguments? Regards, Daniel Stonier. |
From: Peter <sw...@ho...> - 2004-10-17 02:42:46
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Daniel Stonier wrote: snip > > > hmm...I had thought it would be an easy fiddle to create a second > .enlightenment > directory, then edit .xinitrc with something like > > /usr/bin/enlightenment -display :0.0 & > /usr/bin/enlightenment -econfdir=.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1 > No, you do not want to do that. E recognizes two displays easily. > and start her up with startx. But...it didn't work (it spawns four > instances of e). > Baffling. Now if I do the same thing but with > > xterm -display :0.0 & > xterm -display :0.1 > > in .xinitrc it works as I expected. What is the mechanics behind this - > are they > deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And if it is > supposed to > spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to send each > command > unique arguments? > > Regards, > Daniel Stonier. > > Dan, maybe I'm confused. Are you trying to span a desktop across monitors? Or, are you trying to keep them separate. Either way, E will still handle two monitors for you. Problem is saving things like themes. If you want to span, you will need to make mods to you XConfig file (or whatever yours is called) to enable xinerama or twinview or whatever your graphics card requires. If not, you need to set up two distinct displays. Here is a snip from my xorg.conf file. Note, each head on the card has its own device section. Later, each Screen will attach to a card. Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "GeForce 5200" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "DPMS" Option "NoLogo" "1" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card1" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "GeForce 5200" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "DPMS" Option "NoLogo" "1" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" ... Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Card1" Monitor "Monitor1" This is how I worked it. For xinerama or twinview, you would not do it this way. |
From: Daniel S. <sno...@op...> - 2004-10-17 03:37:21
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:42:40 -0400, Peter <sw...@ho...> wrote: Hi Peter, Your settings are exactly what I've currently got in my XFree86Config. With one call to /usr/bin/enlightenment in my .xinitrc it actually goes ahead and spawns two instances of e (these show up on 'ps axu'), but both use the same configuration - which seems to be where our problem is. If we could call them separately like you can when starting xterm sessions from an xinitrc script, and somehow pass args to one of those instances pointing it to a separate configuration directory, we'd be right, but I'm not sure it's possible now. Dan. >> hmm...I had thought it would be an easy fiddle to create a second >> .enlightenment directory, then edit .xinitrc with something like >> >> /usr/bin/enlightenment -display :0.0 & >> /usr/bin/enlightenment -econfdir=.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1 >> > No, you do not want to do that. E recognizes two displays easily. > >> and start her up with startx. But...it didn't work (it spawns four >> instances of e). Baffling. Now if I do the same thing but with >> >> xterm -display :0.0 & >> xterm -display :0.1 >> >> in .xinitrc it works as I expected. What is the mechanics behind this - >> are they deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And >> if it is >> supposed to spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to >> send each >> command unique arguments? >> >> Regards, >> Daniel Stonier. >> >> > Dan, maybe I'm confused. Are you trying to span a desktop across > monitors? Or, are you trying to keep them separate. Either way, E will > still handle > two monitors for you. Problem is saving things like themes. > > If you want to span, you will need to make mods to you XConfig file (or > whatever yours is called) to enable xinerama or twinview or whatever your > graphics card requires. If not, you need to set up two distinct displays. > > Here is a snip from my xorg.conf file. Note, each head on the card has > its > own device section. Later, each Screen will attach to a card. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "nVidia" > BoardName "GeForce 5200" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "DPMS" > Option "NoLogo" "1" > Screen 0 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card1" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "nVidia" > BoardName "GeForce 5200" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "DPMS" > Option "NoLogo" "1" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > ... > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Card1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > > This is how I worked it. For xinerama or twinview, you would not do it > this > way. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out > more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- email:sno...@op... http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/ |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-17 11:42:27
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Daniel Stonier wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:42:40 -0400, Peter <sw...@ho...> > wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Your settings are exactly what I've currently got in my > XFree86Config. With one call to /usr/bin/enlightenment in my .xinitrc > it actually goes ahead and spawns two instances of e (these show up > on 'ps axu'), but both use the same configuration - which seems to be > where our problem is. I've got to sessions of E running, with different themes, note the following 'ps' output: esoteric 27802 0.4 0.4 9424 4800 ? S Oct16 3:28 /usr/local/enlightenment/bin/enlightenment -ext_init_win 60817410 -theme shinygreen -econfdir /home/esoteric/.enlightenment -ecachedir /home/esoteric/.enlightenment -smfile /home/esoteric/.enlightenment/...e_session-XXXXXX -single esoteric 27891 0.5 0.4 8368 4228 ? S Oct16 4:05 /usr/local/enlightenment/bin/enlightenment -ext_init_win 62914562 -theme winter -econfdir /home/esoteric/.enlightenment -ecachedir /home/esoteric/.enlightenment -smfile /home/esoteric/.enlightenment/...e_session-XXXXXX -single Note the theme flags are different values. Now this was done manually, that is, I changed one theme after E was started. I don't know how you would set this up on boot. Further, if I reboot, both monitors come up with the latest theme set for either monitor. -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-17 11:21:58
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Peter wrote: > This is how I worked it. For xinerama or twinview, you would not do > it this way. The only difference I see in my config between using xinerama and not using is: < Option "Xinerama" "on" --- > Option "Xinerama" "off" -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2004-10-16 12:16:35
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Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" <sno...@op...> > babbled: > > >>I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X >>arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use >>twinview/xinerama? Are there other >>options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same >>enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? > > > dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant drag > windows between screens or stretch them across screens) Okay, I'm confused, I'm using xinerama and I can do exactly what you've suggested. If I don't use xinerama, I get duplication of screens on the monitors. Any pointers to pages which will tell you how to set this up? What does this do for you that xinerama does not? -- Until later, Geoffrey Registered Linux User #108567 AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995 |
From: Carsten H. (T. R. <ra...@ra...> - 2004-10-17 23:43:27
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:16:26 -0400 Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> babbled: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" > > <sno...@op...> babbled: > > > > > >>I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X > >>arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use > >>twinview/xinerama? Are there other > >>options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same > >>enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? > > > > > > dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant > > drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens) > > Okay, I'm confused, I'm using xinerama and I can do exactly what you've > suggested. If I don't use xinerama, I get duplication of screens on the > monitors. Any pointers to pages which will tell you how to set this up? > > What does this do for you that xinerama does not? multihead is what existed "before" xinerama. it is what xinerama is built on. it treats each screen as a separate head - separate root window etc. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ra...@ra... 裸好多 ra...@de... Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) |
From: Daniel S. <sno...@op...> - 2004-10-16 23:00:41
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>> I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X >> arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use >> twinview/xinerama? Are there other >> options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same >> enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly? > > dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u > cant drag > windows between screens or stretch them across screens) > Excellent! Tried both nvidia's twinview which was rather like a gl accelerated xinerama and also got this going with xinerama not enabled. GL acceleration seems to work in both and you dont have damn annoying dialog popups in the middle of the screen. Didn't realise you could do this without xinerama. Apparently there's also a program called xmove which can help transport windows between the different screen numbers if you really wish to. Haven't tried it yet though. Now just a matter of getting the two desktops to point to different e configurations :) Cheers, Daniel Stonier. -- email:sno...@op... http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/ |
From: Derek S. <dsc...@cs...> - 2004-10-17 00:21:44
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On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 18:59, Daniel Stonier wrote: > Now just a matter of getting the two desktops to point to different e =20 > configurations :) This is where I ran into trouble. Both desktops run from the same config unless you can run each screen as a different user. Apparently, this is possible with some setups but the nVidia drivers supplied by nVidia (which I'm using) will not support this option - yet. They are planning on fixing this (they classified it as a bug on their linux message board) in a future release. For now, I'm running on one head. E did work well for me on a dual head setup, however. But two unique workspaces was my goal at the time. --=20 Derek Schaible <dsc...@cs...> CSSI, Inc. |