You need to use the Xinerama extension to X for multiple combined displays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinerama http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/index.html <- XF86Config is xorg.conf
you can definitely restart X with `sudo killall X` otherwise it looks like you have the right idea. On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Logging out or Control/Alt Backspace is supposed to reset X, but I found > the only reliable way to invoke the latest xorg.conf settings was to > reboot. > > One unexpected feature I have noticed is that you can't drag a window > from one screen to the other. You need to open the application in the > screen you want to use. So to have EMC running in the main screen and > Halscope in the other, I had to open Terminal in screen two and invoke > "halscope" from the terminal. I haven't done much beyond this and I am > wondering how much of EMC can be displayed on the other screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
