Re: [Notion-general] use of mod_xrandr

[Arnout E. <no...@bz...>]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 09:28:49AM +0100, Alain-Pierre Manine wrote:
> I have just migrated from ion3 to notion (thank you for it!) and I don't  
> understand well how to use mod_xrandr.
> 
> I occasionally use a beamer. Previously, with ion3, after restarting, I  
> saw two independent screens available with Mod+shift+{1,2}.

Yes, that should still be possible :)

> Now, with mod_xrandr, by default, the two screens are the same. When I try  
> something like:
> 
>    xrandr --output HDMI-0 --right-of VGA-0

That looks like the way to do it (personally I also sometimes use 'arandr')

> ...I get the first half of a frame on a screen, and the second half on the  
> other.

Hmm that doesn't seem right. What version of notion are you running? 

Perhaps your version doesn't automatically listen for RandR changes yet. Can 
you call 'mod_xrandr.screenlayoutupdated()' manually, does that arrange your 
workspaces correctly?


Kind regards,

Arnout