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On Friday 18 September 2015 13:23:49 Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, September 17, 2015 16:33, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> >> On 2015-09-17, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>> On 2015-09-17, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> >>>>>> I use 2 screens extensively and never experienced any issues like you |
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> >>>>>> describe. |
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> >>>>> |
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> >>>>> And you can select/paste from one screen to another where the source |
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> >>>>> is a gtk-3 app? |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> Not sure, need to test with a gtk-3 app. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> I run KDE myself. |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>>> I should clarify that I mean "screen" in the strict X11 usage. Using |
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> >>>>> Xinerama or the like to spread a single desktop across multiple |
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> >>>>> monitors is still a single screen setup. I'm trying to select text |
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> >>>>> on DISPLAY=:0.0 and paste it on DISPLAY=:0.1 |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> Not using my desktop atm. |
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> >>>> What does Xorg do by default when it detects multiple screens? |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Not sure -- I'll have to give it a try. IIRC, it just uses the first |
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> >>> one. |
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> >> |
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> >> At least on my machine, if I start up X11 without a configuration |
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> >> file it only uses one of my three monitors. That behavior may depend |
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> >> on which boards are installed and which board/driver is found first. |
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> > |
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> > On my desktop: |
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> > |
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> > $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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> > Section "Device" |
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> > |
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> > Identifier "Card0" |
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> > Driver "nvidia" |
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> > BusID "PCI:2:0:0" |
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> > |
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> > EndSection |
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> > (Without this, X doesn't start, complaining it can't find VESA) |
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> > echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops. |
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> That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors. It |
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> will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug. |
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> Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop |
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> that is spread across two monitors? Can you drag a window from one |
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> monitor to the other? If you can, then it's a single desktop. |
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Yes, I can. |
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When I maximize a window, it's only on 1 screen. |
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This is how it seems "right" to me. |
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Why would I want it to be different? Eg. windows can't be moved between |
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screens? I don't see the point of having more than 1 screen in that case. |
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