Re: dual screen configuration
Simon Bowden <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Fernando M. Maresca <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi. >> >> I'm using fb for years now. Recently I've set up a new config with >> several monitors. >> 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 manage to configure most of the options relevant to my setup but one: >> I want to switch workspaces only on the screen currently under focus, >> not on all screens at once. >> > > As far as I am aware, that is only possible when using different x-server > (one for each monitor), and this will not allow you to drag windows from one > to the other. I think you have to choose. If not, please let me know. > 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. > Cheers, > > Rainer > >> >> Any suggestions or help? Example config file maybe? >> >> Thanks a lot, I want to return to fb. >> >> >> -- >> Fernando M. Maresca >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkyh41IACgkQCtDmpVXdEMbs6wCgmfVhasK78ByG1WKW/25Ud7im >> oz0AoJ9༏〱᪔�賠펓三鸸 >> =vCcg >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances >> and start using them to simplify application deployment and >> accelerate your shift to cloud computing. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Fluxbox-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fluxbox-users >> >> > > > -- > NEW GERMAN FAX NUMBER!!! > > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, > UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Natural Sciences Building > Office Suite 2039 > Stellenbosch University > Main Campus, Merriman Avenue > Stellenbosch > South Africa > > Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042 > Fax: +27 - (0)86 516 2782 > Fax: +49 - (0)321 2125 2244 > email: [email protected] > > Skype: RMkrug > Google: [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Fluxbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fluxbox-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fluxbox-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fluxbox-users