Re: [e-users] Multiple monitors - different resolutions

2017-02-13 Thread The Rasterman 
On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:20:48 + Allan Jardine
 said:

> Thanks Carsten and Christopher!
> 
> It looks like what is tripping me up is the virtual screen size that the 
> Intel drive is telling randr that it can create (8192 x 8192) which 
> isn't enough to have two 4k monitors and a 1080 one all in landscape. 
> Hopefully that is something that they'll be able to address.

oh... intel. i did it on nvidia and it worked but i never checked the max res -
i guess i was under it. a quick check shows nvidia can do max 16kx16k... so
umm... get a new gpu i guess. :) this will be a hardware limit

indeed i had no code to check this bound in the randr code. i didnt error check
this and give you a warning. i never hit the error... :)

> Regards,
> Allan
> 
> > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) 
> > 12 February 2017 02:30
> > On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:29:46 + Allan Jardine
> >
> > i've happily had 3 screens work. at different resolutions (1680x150 + 
> > 3840x1440
> > + 1920x1080). i just set them op to be like in a row each one "to the 
> > right" of
> > the other. it worked.
> >
> > sometimes xrandr can be very fiddly and i've seen weird things happen on
> > different drivers... keep fiddling i guess. restart e (ctl+alt+end)...
> >
> > Allan Jardine 
> > 11 February 2017 20:29
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Its been years since I last used Enlightenment I'm embarrassed to say 
> > (E16 had just been released), but am darn glad I've recently installed 
> > it - using E21 and it is absolutely superb. Thank you to everyone 
> > involved!
> >
> > I do have one question - I've got two 4k displays connected to my 
> > machine and they work great. But I've also got a 1080 screen kicking 
> > around and I thought I'd stick that on as well so I can have a full 
> > screen VM on it or similar. I plugged it in and it was recognised, but 
> > there are a few weird geometry things going on.
> >
> > This is a photo of it:
> > https://i.imgur.com/UoMSs1f.jpg
> >
> > What is happening is that on the right most monitor I can't mouse past 
> > where the wallpaper image ends - although oddly the mouse does on the 
> > black background - I just can't move it (or any windows) past that 
> > point (this shot shows that a bit closer: 
> > https://i.imgur.com/zGPXnXo.jpg );
> >
> > On the 1080 screen on the left the mouse will go down past the bottom 
> > of the screen, although the background image is correctly scaled.
> >
> > Does anyone have any thoughts about how this could be made to work?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Allan
> 
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Re: [e-users] Multiple monitors - different resolutions

2017-02-13 Thread Allan Jardine 
Thanks Carsten and Christopher!

It looks like what is tripping me up is the virtual screen size that the 
Intel drive is telling randr that it can create (8192 x 8192) which 
isn't enough to have two 4k monitors and a 1080 one all in landscape. 
Hopefully that is something that they'll be able to address.

Regards,
Allan

> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) 
> 12 February 2017 02:30
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:29:46 + Allan Jardine
>
> i've happily had 3 screens work. at different resolutions (1680x150 + 
> 3840x1440
> + 1920x1080). i just set them op to be like in a row each one "to the 
> right" of
> the other. it worked.
>
> sometimes xrandr can be very fiddly and i've seen weird things happen on
> different drivers... keep fiddling i guess. restart e (ctl+alt+end)...
>
> Allan Jardine 
> 11 February 2017 20:29
> Hi all,
>
> Its been years since I last used Enlightenment I'm embarrassed to say 
> (E16 had just been released), but am darn glad I've recently installed 
> it - using E21 and it is absolutely superb. Thank you to everyone 
> involved!
>
> I do have one question - I've got two 4k displays connected to my 
> machine and they work great. But I've also got a 1080 screen kicking 
> around and I thought I'd stick that on as well so I can have a full 
> screen VM on it or similar. I plugged it in and it was recognised, but 
> there are a few weird geometry things going on.
>
> This is a photo of it:
> https://i.imgur.com/UoMSs1f.jpg
>
> What is happening is that on the right most monitor I can't mouse past 
> where the wallpaper image ends - although oddly the mouse does on the 
> black background - I just can't move it (or any windows) past that 
> point (this shot shows that a bit closer: 
> https://i.imgur.com/zGPXnXo.jpg );
>
> On the 1080 screen on the left the mouse will go down past the bottom 
> of the screen, although the background image is correctly scaled.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts about how this could be made to work?
>
> Thanks!
> Allan

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Re: [e-users] Multiple monitors - different resolutions

2017-02-11 Thread The Rasterman 
On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:29:46 + Allan Jardine
 said:

> Hi all,
> 
> Its been years since I last used Enlightenment I'm embarrassed to say (E16
> had just been released), but am darn glad I've recently installed it - using
> E21 and it is absolutely superb. Thank you to everyone involved!
> 
> I do have one question - I've got two 4k displays connected to my machine and
> they work great. But I've also got a 1080 screen kicking around and I thought
> I'd stick that on as well so I can have a full screen VM on it or similar. I
> plugged it in and it was recognised, but there are a few weird geometry
> things going on.
> 
> This is a photo of it:
>   https://i.imgur.com/UoMSs1f.jpg
> 
> What is happening is that on the right most monitor I can't mouse past where
> the wallpaper image ends - although oddly the mouse does on the black
> background - I just can't move it (or any windows) past that point (this shot
> shows that a bit closer: https://i.imgur.com/zGPXnXo.jpg );
> 
> On the 1080 screen on the left the mouse will go down past the bottom of the
> screen, although the background image is correctly scaled.
> 
> Does anyone have any thoughts about how this could be made to work?

i've happily had 3 screens work. at different resolutions (1680x150 + 3840x1440
+ 1920x1080). i just set them op to be like in a row each one "to the right" of
the other. it worked.

sometimes xrandr can be very fiddly and i've seen weird things happen on
different drivers... keep fiddling i guess. restart e (ctl+alt+end)...

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Re: [e-users] Multiple monitors - different resolutions

2017-02-11 Thread Christopher Barry 
On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:29:46 +
Allan Jardine  wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Its been years since I last used Enlightenment I'm embarrassed to say
>(E16 had just been released), but am darn glad I've recently installed
>it - using E21 and it is absolutely superb. Thank you to everyone
>involved!
>
>I do have one question - I've got two 4k displays connected to my
>machine and they work great. But I've also got a 1080 screen kicking
>around and I thought I'd stick that on as well so I can have a full
>screen VM on it or similar. I plugged it in and it was recognised, but
>there are a few weird geometry things going on.
>
>This is a photo of it:
>   https://i.imgur.com/UoMSs1f.jpg
>
>What is happening is that on the right most monitor I can't mouse past
>where the wallpaper image ends - although oddly the mouse does on the
>black background - I just can't move it (or any windows) past that
>point (this shot shows that a bit closer:
>https://i.imgur.com/zGPXnXo.jpg );
>
>On the 1080 screen on the left the mouse will go down past the bottom
>of the screen, although the background image is correctly scaled.
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts about how this could be made to work?
>
>Thanks!
>Allan

I use the arandr gui app to get my triple headsetup working. Once you
have the screens set the way you like, it will write a script with the
randr commandline to put it that way. Then I call it from .bash_profile
every login to setup my screens.


If arandr does not help, I'm guessing your gpu may not be up to the
task.

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[e-users] Multiple monitors - different resolutions

2017-02-11 Thread Allan Jardine 
Hi all,

Its been years since I last used Enlightenment I'm embarrassed to say (E16 had 
just been released), but am darn glad I've recently installed it - using E21 
and it is absolutely superb. Thank you to everyone involved!

I do have one question - I've got two 4k displays connected to my machine and 
they work great. But I've also got a 1080 screen kicking around and I thought 
I'd stick that on as well so I can have a full screen VM on it or similar. I 
plugged it in and it was recognised, but there are a few weird geometry things 
going on.

This is a photo of it:
https://i.imgur.com/UoMSs1f.jpg

What is happening is that on the right most monitor I can't mouse past where 
the wallpaper image ends - although oddly the mouse does on the black 
background - I just can't move it (or any windows) past that point (this shot 
shows that a bit closer: https://i.imgur.com/zGPXnXo.jpg );

On the 1080 screen on the left the mouse will go down past the bottom of the 
screen, although the background image is correctly scaled.

Does anyone have any thoughts about how this could be made to work?

Thanks!
Allan
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Re: [e-users] multiple monitors alignment

2016-09-19 Thread The Rasterman 
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:24:47 + Wido  said:

> Hi Folks, it's been a while since I don't check this list, but I have a
> question.
> 
> Currently, I'm using E0.21.2 (I'm using the sparky repos which, as far as I
> can tell, uses the latest tar from the official site). It's running in a
> lenovo e440 with intel video. And I have it attached to 2x23 monitors
> (vga + hdmi) and I'm also using the laptop screen
> 
> The question I have is: Is it possible to modify the screen alignement, so
> the laptop monitor is aligned with the lower part of the other monitors?
> 
> I remember E19 (or 17, or 18 or 20, can remember exaclty which one, sorry)
> had a more visual screen configuration. This new screen setup has an
> alignment bar, but when I change it it doesn't do anything noticeable

that alignment slider does what you want - it aligns relative tothe screen it's
relative to. eg if it's "right of" then it'll align vertical alignment relative
to the screen it's ... right ... of. :)

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[e-users] multiple monitors alignment

2016-09-19 Thread Wido 
Hi Folks, it's been a while since I don't check this list, but I have a
question.

Currently, I'm using E0.21.2 (I'm using the sparky repos which, as far as I
can tell, uses the latest tar from the official site). It's running in a
lenovo e440 with intel video. And I have it attached to 2x23 monitors
(vga + hdmi) and I'm also using the laptop screen

The question I have is: Is it possible to modify the screen alignement, so
the laptop monitor is aligned with the lower part of the other monitors?

I remember E19 (or 17, or 18 or 20, can remember exaclty which one, sorry)
had a more visual screen configuration. This new screen setup has an
alignment bar, but when I change it it doesn't do anything noticeable

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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-17 Thread Geoffrey 
Peter wrote:
This is how I worked it. For xinerama or twinview, you would not do
it this way.
The only difference I see in my config between using xinerama and not 
using is:

   Option   Xinerama on
---
   Option   Xinerama off
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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-17 Thread Peter 
Geoffrey wrote:

 Peter wrote:
 Geoffrey wrote:
 
 
Peter wrote:
 
My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both
monitor heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for
each desktop on each monitor.

Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different
backgrounds on my two monitors.

 
 I am running 16.7.2 from CVS. And Desktop 1 and Desktop 2 share the same
 background on startup each time on each monitor.
 
 Have you attempted to change the background on one and see if the other
 remains?  You're not using xinerama right?  I know that when I was using
 xinerama, it did keep the same on both monitors.
 

I thought I had answered that. YES, If I change a setting on one monitor, it
sticks through the entire E session. Once I quit, E stores the last change
and that is the setup for BOTH monitors on the next start. Yes, using
xinerama is akin to using 1 monitor.



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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-17 Thread Peter 
Daniel Stonier wrote:

 
 Woohoo! Managed to get two differently configured desktops running
 (with the same user) using multihead in XF86Config without xinerama
 (the configuration Peter had posted). The nice thing about this is that it
 lets you configure two differently sized monitors. I've got one 19 CRT
 with
 1600x1200 resolution and the other a 1280x1024 DFP. Here's the plan.
 
snip...

 Hope this helps!!

Yes, that's good information!



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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-17 Thread The Rasterman 
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:16:26 -0400 Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:

 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
  On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier"
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:
  
  
 I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X  
 arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use  
 twinview/xinerama? Are there other
 options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same  
 enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?
  
  
  dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant
  drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens)
 
 Okay, I'm confused, I'm using xinerama and I can do exactly what you've
 suggested.  If I don't use xinerama, I get duplication of screens on the
 monitors.  Any pointers to pages which will tell you how to set this up?
 
 What does this do for you that xinerama does not?
multihead is what existed "before" xinerama. it is what xinerama is built on. it
treats each screen as a separate head - separate root window etc.

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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread The Rasterman 
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
babbled:

 
 I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X  
 arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use  
 twinview/xinerama? Are there other
 options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same  
 enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?

dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant drag
windows between screens or stretch them across screens)

 
 Cheers,
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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Geoffrey 
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
 On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 Daniel Stonier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 babbled:
 
 
I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X  
arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use  
twinview/xinerama? Are there other
options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same  
enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?
 
 
 dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant drag
 windows between screens or stretch them across screens)

Okay, I'm confused, I'm using xinerama and I can do exactly what you've
suggested.  If I don't use xinerama, I get duplication of screens on the
monitors.  Any pointers to pages which will tell you how to set this up?

What does this do for you that xinerama does not?

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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Geoffrey 
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
 On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 Daniel Stonier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 babbled:
 
 
I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X  
arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use  
twinview/xinerama? Are there other
options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same  
enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?
 
 
 dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant drag
 windows between screens or stretch them across screens)

Okay, so I'm trying to give this a spin.  I can move my mouse from
monitor to monitor, but I can't drag a window from one to the other.
This also means I can stretch one across the two monitors either.

This sets up two distinct desktops.  Separate background images.  I do
like this, but I've lost the ability to move windows from monitor to
monitor.  What am I missing?

enlightenment 16.7.1

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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Peter 
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:

 On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:26:59 +1000 Daniel Stonier
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:
 
 
 I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X
 arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use
 twinview/xinerama? Are there other
 options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same
 enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?
 
 dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant
 drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens)

I do this, and it's terrific. Why drag things across monitors when they are
different resolutions and quality (as in my case). I use monitor 0 for
panel (kicker), email, and newsgroups, and compiling (1024x768) and monitor
1 for browsing, graphics, program testing, windows (boo hiss) at 1280x1024.

My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor
heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each
desktop on each monitor.

Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become the
default for E next boot for both screens.

Also, if I use ROX pinboard, all desktops and virtual desktops then will
share a single background on one monitor only.

But, back to topic, multi head is the way to go for me.
 
 
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 Daniel Stonier.
 
 
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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Derek Schaible 
On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 18:59, Daniel Stonier wrote:
 Now just a matter of getting the two desktops to point to different e  
 configurations :)

This is where I ran into trouble. Both desktops run from the same config
unless you can run each screen as a different user. Apparently, this is
possible with some setups but the nVidia drivers supplied by nVidia
(which I'm using) will not support this option - yet. They are planning
on fixing this (they classified it as a bug on their linux message
board) in a future release.

For now, I'm running on one head. E did work well for me on a dual head
setup, however. But two unique workspaces was my goal at the time.

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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Geoffrey 
Peter wrote:
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
snip
dont use xinerama. use plain old fashioned multihead then (caveat - u cant
drag windows between screens or stretch them across screens)
Second read on this from Rasterman, originally I misread it to say 'u 
can drag...'  My bad.  Something I'll have to get used to I guess...

I do this, and it's terrific. Why drag things across monitors when they are
different resolutions and quality (as in my case). I use monitor 0 for
panel (kicker), email, and newsgroups, and compiling (1024x768) and monitor
1 for browsing, graphics, program testing, windows (boo hiss) at 1280x1024.
Since my monitors are so close in size, I run them at the same 
resolution. Physical screen dimensions are less than 1 cm difference.

My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor
heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each
desktop on each monitor.
Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different 
backgrounds on my two monitors.

I still would like to be able to move windows from monitor to monitor. :(
Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become the
default for E next boot for both screens.
 I'm also able to change themes independently.
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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Daniel Stonier 

I do this, and it's terrific. Why drag things across monitors when they  
are different resolutions and quality (as in my case). I use monitor 0  
for
panel (kicker), email, and newsgroups, and compiling (1024x768) and  
monitor 1 for browsing, graphics, program testing, windows (boo hiss) at  
1280x1024.

My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor
heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each
desktop on each monitor.
Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become  
the default for E next boot for both screens.
hmm...I had thought it would be an easy fiddle to create a second  
.enlightenment
directory, then edit .xinitrc with something like

/usr/bin/enlightenment -display :0.0 
/usr/bin/enlightenment -econfdir=.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1
and start her up with startx. But...it didn't work (it spawns four  
instances of e).
Baffling. Now if I do the same thing but with

xterm -display :0.0 
xterm -display :0.1
in .xinitrc it works as I expected. What is the mechanics behind this -  
are they
deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And if it is  
supposed to
spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to send each  
command
unique arguments?

Regards,
Daniel Stonier.
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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Peter 
Geoffrey wrote:

 Peter wrote:
 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
 
 snip
 
 Since my monitors are so close in size, I run them at the same
 resolution. Physical screen dimensions are less than 1 cm difference.
 
 My ONLY gripe is that E thinks the desktops are the same for both monitor
 heads, so my background and settings and themes are the same for each
 desktop on each monitor.
 
 Which version of E are you running? 16.7.1 here. I have different
 backgrounds on my two monitors.
 
I am running 16.7.2 from CVS. And Desktop 1 and Desktop 2 share the same
background on startup each time on each monitor.

 I still would like to be able to move windows from monitor to monitor. :(
 
 
 Interestingly, I can change a theme on one monitor, but that will become
 the default for E next boot for both screens.
 
   I'm also able to change themes independently.
 




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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Peter 
Daniel Stonier wrote:
snip
 
 
 hmm...I had thought it would be an easy fiddle to create a second
 .enlightenment
 directory, then edit .xinitrc with something like
 
 /usr/bin/enlightenment -display :0.0 
 /usr/bin/enlightenment -econfdir=.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1
 
No, you do not want to do that. E recognizes two displays easily.

 and start her up with startx. But...it didn't work (it spawns four
 instances of e).
 Baffling. Now if I do the same thing but with
 
 xterm -display :0.0 
 xterm -display :0.1
 
 in .xinitrc it works as I expected. What is the mechanics behind this -
 are they
 deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And if it is
 supposed to
 spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to send each
 command
 unique arguments?
 
 Regards,
 Daniel Stonier.
 
 
Dan, maybe I'm confused. Are you trying to span a desktop across monitors?
Or, are you trying to keep them separate. Either way, E will still handle
two monitors for you. Problem is saving things like themes.

If you want to span, you will need to make mods to you XConfig file (or
whatever yours is called) to enable xinerama or twinview or whatever your
graphics card requires. If not, you need to set up two distinct displays.

Here is a snip from my xorg.conf file. Note, each head on the card has its
own device section. Later, each Screen will attach to a card.

Section Device
Identifier  Card0
Driver  nvidia
VendorName  nVidia
BoardName   GeForce 5200
BusID   PCI:1:0:0
Option  DPMS
Option  NoLogo 1
Screen  0
EndSection

Section Device
Identifier  Card1
Driver  nvidia
VendorName  nVidia
BoardName   GeForce 5200
BusID   PCI:1:0:0
Option  DPMS
Option  NoLogo 1
Screen  1
EndSection

Section Screen
Identifier Screen0
Device Card0
MonitorMonitor0
...
Section Screen
Identifier Screen1
Device Card1
MonitorMonitor1

This is how I worked it. For xinerama or twinview, you would not do it this
way.




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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Daniel Stonier 
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:42:40 -0400, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Peter,
Your settings are exactly what I've currently got in my XFree86Config.
With one call to /usr/bin/enlightenment in my .xinitrc it actually goes
ahead and spawns two instances of e (these show up on 'ps axu'), but both
use the same configuration - which seems to be where our problem is.
If we could call them separately like you can when starting xterm sessions
from an xinitrc script, and somehow pass args to one of those instances
pointing it to a separate configuration directory, we'd be right, but I'm
not sure it's possible now.
Dan.
hmm...I had thought it would be an easy fiddle to create a second
.enlightenment directory, then edit .xinitrc with something like
/usr/bin/enlightenment -display :0.0 
/usr/bin/enlightenment -econfdir=.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1
No, you do not want to do that. E recognizes two displays easily.
and start her up with startx. But...it didn't work (it spawns four
instances of e). Baffling. Now if I do the same thing but with
xterm -display :0.0 
xterm -display :0.1
in .xinitrc it works as I expected. What is the mechanics behind this -
are they deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And  
if it is
supposed to spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to  
send each
command unique arguments?

Regards,
Daniel Stonier.

Dan, maybe I'm confused. Are you trying to span a desktop across  
monitors? Or, are you trying to keep them separate. Either way, E will  
still handle
two monitors for you. Problem is saving things like themes.

If you want to span, you will need to make mods to you XConfig file (or
whatever yours is called) to enable xinerama or twinview or whatever your
graphics card requires. If not, you need to set up two distinct displays.
Here is a snip from my xorg.conf file. Note, each head on the card has  
its
own device section. Later, each Screen will attach to a card.

Section Device
Identifier  Card0
Driver  nvidia
VendorName  nVidia
BoardName   GeForce 5200
BusID   PCI:1:0:0
Option  DPMS
Option  NoLogo 1
Screen  0
EndSection
Section Device
Identifier  Card1
Driver  nvidia
VendorName  nVidia
BoardName   GeForce 5200
BusID   PCI:1:0:0
Option  DPMS
Option  NoLogo 1
Screen  1
EndSection
Section Screen
Identifier Screen0
Device Card0
MonitorMonitor0
...
Section Screen
Identifier Screen1
Device Card1
MonitorMonitor1
This is how I worked it. For xinerama or twinview, you would not do it  
this
way.


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[e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-15 Thread Daniel Stonier 
I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X  
arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use  
twinview/xinerama? Are there other
options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same  
enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?

Cheers,
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Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-15 Thread Geoffrey 
Daniel Stonier wrote:
I just picked up a second monitor and was curious as to what X  
arrangements others are using with e in the same situation - do you use  
twinview/xinerama? Are there other
options? Is it possible to get both monitors viewing the same  
enlightenment desktop simultaneously but moving around independantly?
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that.  You can have it set up so 
that one monitor duplicates the other.  Kinda a waste there.

I have a 22 viewsonic and a 19 samsung.  presents one long desktop 
where the mouse simply moves from one monitor to the other.  Xinerama is 
the magic there.  E works great.  I slap a couple of gnome panels on it 
and I'm good to go.  The panels only span one monitor, which is what I 
prefer.  We had a discussion about this the other day on a lug list, I 
tossed out a couple of screenshots.  You can find them here:

http://www.3times25.net/dual/
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