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From: Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com>
To: Jonathan Reed <jreed777@×××××.com>
Cc: Antonio Paiva <arpaiva@××××××××.edu>, gentoo-user@l.g.o, fluxbox-users@×××××××××××××××××.net
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [Fluxbox-users] dual monitors and dual desktops
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:16:17
Message-Id: CAHNvW1+hecQNqBuJtej477dh-kdFjgQNG3BeHjayZQdk0qRiTw@mail.gmail.com
1 Hi,
2 I have i915 and its compiled in with kms support
3
4 Kfir
5
6 On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Jonathan Reed <jreed777@×××××.com> wrote:
7
8 > Do you have an nvidia video card? If so I would recommend running
9 > nvidia-setting to configure your displays. This is what I use after
10 > trying {a,x,g}randr. I found it a little easier to use with an on-screen
11 > view of how my monitors would display. Look under the "X Server Display
12 > Configuration" section. It should be fairly easy to set up. I launch it
13 > from my startup file because writing out the config to xorg.conf after I
14 > change my display layout doesnt succeed for reasons i cant remember.
15 >
16 >
17 > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com> wrote:
18 >
19 >> Thanks for your reply.
20 >> This program does just what xrandr does.
21 >> I didn't find a way to separate screens. It seems to define by default a
22 >> virtual workspace, and let you just put both screens in this virtual
23 >> workspace.
24 >> The command at the bottom of this mail does just that.
25 >>
26 >> I want that the monitors will not show the same workspace. Both should
27 >> show different desktops.
28 >> It is like running xorg twice.
29 >>
30 >> Kfir
31 >>
32 >>
33 >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Antonio Paiva <arpaiva@××××××××.edu>wrote:
34 >>
35 >>> Try arandr.
36 >>> I have the same setup and arandr does the job perfectly. Moreover, it
37 >>> saves the settings as script that you can call upon boot.
38 >>>
39 >>> Regards,
40 >>> Antonio
41 >>>
42 >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Kfir Lavi <lavi.kfir@×××××.com> wrote:
43 >>> > Hi,
44 >>> > I have a laptop and an external monitor.
45 >>> > I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops.
46 >>> > My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and
47 >>> > programming stuff on the other side.
48 >>> > Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
49 >>> > stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.
50 >>> > I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the
51 >>> > window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on.
52 >>> > This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop.
53 >>> >
54 >>> > Thanks,
55 >>> > Kfir
56 >>> >
57 >>> > virtual dual monitors:
58 >>> > xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto
59 >>> --output
60 >>> > VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary
61 >>> >
62 >>> >
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72 >>> >
73 >>>
74 >>
75 >>
76 >>
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87 >>
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