[rox-users] Re: Xinerama and Rox

[Thomas L. <ta...@ec...>]

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On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 04:59:02PM -0400, Peter Hyman wrote:
[ Xinerana ]
> I have the same issue. KDE handles it transparently with or without Xinerana
> and so does Gnome, Fluxbox, etc. XFCE has to be tweaked, but it works. I
> prefer using two unconnected screens, and here is how I did it with XFCE.
> This is taken from my local xinitrc file.
> 
> # current default display is 0.0
> # load daemons and programs for screen 0
> xfce-mcs-manager
> xfwm4 --daemon
> xftaskbar4&
> xfdesktop&
> xfce4-panel&                    # NOTE & keeps panel from ending script
> 
> # now repeat for window 1
> # Load for Window 1!
> export DISPLAY=:0.1
> 
> xfce-mcs-manager 
> xfwm4 --daemon 
> xftaskbar4&
> xfdesktop&
> xfce4-panel                     # NOTE no "&" starts XFCE4
> 
> # reset back to default display on exit and clean up
> 
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
> 
> Now, I have two displays with disconnected workspaces, which is exactly what
> I want.
> 
> I imagine you'd want to edit the .xsessions file in your home directory so
> that Rox Sessions gets loaded twice.
> 
> I do not use it though, since I prefer just using the filer with the xfce4
> environment. To each his own.


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