I have two monitors ... turned sideways. The tops are narrower than the bottoms, so I use xrandr to turn one 90 degrees, and one 270 degrees, so the narrow tops are together. That helps my narrow mind combine the images.
That orientation helps me work with page-oriented content. I read and write technical documents, not watch movies. The desktop extends across both monitors. I recall doing some futzing so that the pixel map doesn't have an invisible band down the middle, related to the physical screen width of the unrotated first monitor. Computers do the darndest things. One of the monitors is on a KVM switch, so I can work with machine B while I look at content from machine A on the other monitor. That helps with debugging machine B, if it is in a state where SSH and X aren't working. Which it often is, B is my "hold my beer and watch this" distro and crazy-app test machine. Both monitors are on a stand that allows me to rotate them back to "normal" horizontal. That is useful for text mode boot debugging, which doesn't know about xrandr and screen rotation. I suppose I should get two KVM switches ... but before that, I may upgrade everything to HDMI, including new monitors and graphics cards. Not sure about that; my ancient eyes can't see small pixels, and some apps stubbornly use the smallest fonts available. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
