Re: dual screen configuration

Hi Simon,
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:54:39PM +0100, Simon Bowden wrote:
>         I cannot find a way to configure fb to not use the three screens as a
>         big workspace, I want to use each screen as a separate desktop/
>         workspace
>         on its own (by the way, I don't want to loose the ability to drag
>         windows across the screens).
> 
>     That sounds interesting - how did you do that? 
> 
> Xinerama (it puts several screens into one big screen).
I'm not using Xinerama nor xrandr. I'm using a simple xorg.conf.

Actually, what I'm trying to do is exactly the opposite: to _split_ a
big workspace in several, one for each monitor or "head".



##/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen          0  "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"

EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option      "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        Option       "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        Option       "LeftOf" "Monitor0"
       Option       "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Device0"
        Driver      "nouveau"
        Option     "monitor-DVI-I-1" "Monitor0"
        Option     "monitor-VGA-1" "Monitor1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Device0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Device0"
        Monitor     "Monitor1"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option      "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
#

 
> This is correct. Fluxbox only supports a workspace per "screen" in X, and X
> doesn't support moving windows across screens. To do what you're asking, we'd
> need to support chopping up a screen into multiple workspace stacks [using
> xinerama hints], which is relatively complex.

I'm not sure, so I take your word, but the awesome wm does exactly what
I'm describing without xinerama.

Best regards,

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