The virtual means that I get one resizable desktop, rather than two separate desktops. Means I can drag windows from screen to screen like Xinerama, but without Xinerama
2010/4/14 [email protected] <[email protected]> > I use WM 0.92 on mi IBM T23 (Debian Etch release), my dockstation has a > second PCI video adapter card. > > In order to use both cards I configured manually my xorg.conf file, as I do > not use Xinerama at all I get two separate desktops running WM when docked. > If my T23 is not docked then I get only one desktop/screen of WM. > > The only strange thing I see is that you have in your xorg.conf file the > current line: > Virtual 3046 1050 > > This tells xorg.conf (not WM) to use a virtual screen of 3046x1050, when > used whith only one screen the Virtual value must match the real resolution > value or should be omitted letting xorg.conf to guess the values on the fly. > > Regards. > > ----Mensaje original---- > De: [email protected] > Fecha: 12/04/2010 3:56 > Para: "wmaker-dev"<[email protected]> > Asunto: Problems with multiple screens > > > Hi all, > > Got a new laptop, and instead of using ximerama, I'm trying a different > technique of using multiple screens. > > The problem with ximerama is that I didn't know how to change the number of > screens on the fly, so now i've switched... > > Now I use my laptop with ATI graphics card, with xrandr. my xorg.conf > looks something like this: > > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" > Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver" > Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor" > Option "DPMS" "true" > Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" > Driver "fglrx" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" > Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" > Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Virtual 3046 1050 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > it was partially generated by aticonfig > If you allow it to define two devices, then you end up with an independent > wmaker on each monitor (dual-head), and only the mouse can cross between the > screens. > But if you define just one device and screen (as above), then xrandr can > combine the screens. > > I set the virtual to be as large as the two monitors side-by-side. > When X first starts, its basically a crippled clone (the CRT's resolution > isn't ideal). > > I open a terminal and run: > xrandr --output CRT1 --auto --right-of LVDS > > That fixes up the CRT's resolution and puts it to the right of the laptop. > > What is great about this is I can then use xrandr to turn off the CRT, or > move it around, etc. > > > However, the problem is that wmaker is confused by this, and believes the > workspace is still the original size. > If I use the menu to restart wmaker, then it figures things out correctly. > > shouldn't wmaker be watching for randr changes? > > cheers > Paul > > > >
