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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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>>> 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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>> Not sure, need to test with a gtk-3 app. |
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>> I run KDE myself. |
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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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>> Not using my desktop atm. |
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>> What does Xorg do by default when it detects multiple screens? |
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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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At least on my machine, if I start up X11 without a configuration file |
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it only uses one of my three monitors. That behavior may depend on |
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which boards are installed and which board/driver is found first. |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I want to read my new |
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at poem about pork brains and |
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