"Brian J. Murrell" wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:32:10AM -0800, Nate Smith wrote:
> >
> > You can't just move the mouse to the proper display and access your
> > menu from there?
>
> Nope. For instance, the Gnome menu bar at the bottom of the screen
> only displays on the :0.0 screen.
>
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 08:12:58AM -0800, Nate Smith wrote:
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> Yes, I get it now.
:-)
> Unfortuneately I don't know of an existing solution.
Yeah, I was fearing that.
> Those of us with 3 heads
It just takes two to have the need. I guess most people use Xinerama.
I would gladly use it if I
> Maybe the browser analogy above helps.
Yes, I get it now. Unfortuneately I don't know of an existing solution.
Those of us with 3 heads on a machine are pretty few relative to the
total population of coders so far.. this is the sort of thing that
only gets scratched when there's an itch, so i
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:32:10AM -0800, Nate Smith wrote:
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> You can't just move the mouse to the proper display and access your
> menu from there?
Nope. For instance, the Gnome menu bar at the bottom of the screen
only displays on the :0.0 screen.
Even if I could, it is only half the solu
> I know all of that. I can put windows on the other heads if I start
> them from the command line easily. But when I "launch" an application
> from a menu, you don't have the opportunity to say which head to start
> it on.
You can't just move the mouse to the proper display and access your
me
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:08:59AM -0800, Nate Smith wrote:
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> Really? You *want* problems? :)
:-)
> Placement of apps? That part is easy .. Xfree (I guess) assigns each
> head it's own address extension. The head connected to teh card with
> the vga device (the one displaying your boot up
> Indeed. I use sawfish myself. I am not looking for "no problems"
> though...
Really? You *want* problems? :)
> Ahhh. See, I am looking for a WM that is designed for multiple heads
> and allows placement on chosen heads etc.
Placement of apps? That part is easy .. Xfree (I guess) assigns
I am looking for a window manager that is very multi-head functional
(not just aware). The reason: I have a three headed system. One ATI
Rage IIC and one Matrox G400 (two displays).
The ATI and first head on the G400 are hooked up to two monitors and
the 2nd head on the Matrox is hooked up to t
