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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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>>>> Not sure, need to test with a gtk-3 app. |
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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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>>>> 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 |
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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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> On my desktop: |
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> $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |
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> Section "Device" |
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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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> 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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> Please note: This desktop was installed years ago and simply kept |
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> up-to-date for the most part. But it does have the "xinerama" |
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> USE-flag set globally. |
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> I remember reading something about it, but not sure if this is the |
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> "new" or "old" way of doing it. I need to check how my laptop handles |
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> it later today/this weekend. |
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