I want dual screen, but Xinerama does not fit.

doublehp · Guru Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 473 Location: FRANCE

I use Enlightenment 16 since years ... and I fear only e16 and screen users can understand what I want:

here is my dream:

two screens, side by side, one mouse, one keyboard. X starts, I hit one password, both screens show an e16. I open xpdf on the left with an electronic documentation , then an OOo on the right to start a report. Some xterm (or Eterms ) around, and move then around (left to right, right to left). But oh ... all that is not enough ... I mouve mouse right, press ALT+F2, right screen shown desktop 2, I open Eterm/vim, start some main.c ... BUT but BUT but ... left screen stills show the xpdf on the first desktop.

I mean, when I moved the right screen to desktop 2, left one stucked on first desktop.
=> every one can see that Xinerama does not fit.

I do NOT require to spread a window over both screens at the same time.

If you ever used screen -rx, with two xterms using the same screen cession, but showing different shells, you may have a taste of what I want ... in X ...

One mouse, one keyboard, to master 2 independant desktops.

I think one point woud be just impossible : moving a window from left screne to right one.
I hope if I remove that aspect from my dream, some people can tell me how to get that work soon ...
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nahpets · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 8:02 am Post subject:

I think what you want is to set a dual-head setup WITHOUT using xinerama. I currently have two screens side by side where each screen has it's own KDE desktop. I log in via KDM on Screen0, and both sessions start up. Have a look at the Dual Monitor HOWTO on the Gentoo Wiki.
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doublehp · Guru Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 473 Location: FRANCE

what is your xorg.conf like ?

optionally: can you move windows between screens ?
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nahpets · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 7:08 pm Post subject:

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jbmohler · n00b Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 29

The post immediately above seems to imply that moving screens independently is possible using fluxbox. I can't vouch for that either way, but it seems that you could get the specific requested feature by making a window sticky accross all of your desktops.

Xinerama will allow you to move windows from monitor0 to monitor1 and if you make a window stick to all desktops (kwin can do this and I can't believe it is a unique feature) then it will appear in all desktops.

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doublehp · Guru Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 473 Location: FRANCE

SOLUTION : e17 with Xinerama ... it is exactly what I was dreaming about ... and even more ... I invite all of reading my resume here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2476647.html#2476647
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