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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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>>>> 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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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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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" USE-flag set |
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globally. |
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I remember reading something about it, but not sure if this is the "new" |
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or "old" way of doing it. I need to check how my laptop handles it later |
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today/this weekend. |
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Joost |