Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Robert C Corsaro wrote: Alex Kilgore wrote: Robert C Corsaro wrote: How hard would it be to make wmii assign different tags to different screens? I would guess the real problem would start when you move a window from one screen to the next. It would have to change tags too.. :P Hmm, not only that, but if the window was floating, and half on one screen and half on the other, it would have to have both tags? ..or would it have just one? interesting thought though... Alex I don't use floating windows ;) Niether do i usually, just pointing something out =]
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 03:51:56PM -0400, Robert C Corsaro wrote:
> Christian G. Warden wrote:
>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15:56PM -0400, Kris Maglione wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote:
>>>
Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances
of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about
dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x
server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands.
[...]
>>> wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead?
>>> There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances
>>> would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more,
>>> they may have faded away a bit.
>>>
>>
>> I tried upgrading my two-screen (no Xinerama) setup to hg a couple
>> days ago, and wmii would die when trying to start the second instance
>> on the second screen. I didn't have time to troubleshoot much, so I'm
>> stuck on my ancient version of wmii for now.
[...]
> I would guess that it's trying to bind on the same socket. Try manually
> setting the WMII_ADDRESS.
Thanks for the tip, but no luck running
WMII_ADDRESS='unix!/tmp/ns.cwarden.:0.1/wmii' DISPLAY=:0.1 wmii
The two processes are binding to the right sockets, but I'm not sure
how to debug further.
...
20498 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/ns.cwarden.:0.1/wmii"}, 27) = 0
20498 write(3, "\23\0\0\0d\377\377\0 \0\0\6\0009P2000", 19) = 19
20498 read(3,
20494 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, {ru_utime={0, 0},
ru_stime={0, 4000}, ...}) = 20497
20494 wait4(-1,
20407 <... select resumed> )= 1 (in [3])
20407 read(3, "", 4096) = 0
20407 write(2, "XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resourc"..., 79) = 79
20407 --- SIGTERM (Terminated) @ 0 (0) ---
20407 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
20407 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x805bded, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
20407 alarm(1) = 0
20407 sigreturn() = ? (mask now [])
20407 write(2, " after 42 requests (38 know"..., 71) = -1 EPIPE (Broken
pipe)
20407 --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) ---
20407 exit_group(1) = ?
20454 <... read resumed> "", 1) = 0
20454 select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 2 (in [3], out [3])
20454 read(3, "", 4096) = 0
20454 write(2, "XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resourc"..., 79) = -1 EPIPE (Broken
pipe)
20454 --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) ---
20454 write(2, " after 11 requests (7 known"..., 70) = -1 EPIPE (Broken
pipe)
20454 --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) ---
20454 exit_group(1) = ?
20498 <... read resumed> 0x9fd1740, 4) = -1 ECONNRESET (Connection reset by
peer)
...
...
20500 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/ns.cwarden.:0/wmii"}, 25) = 0
20500 write(3, "\23\0\0\0d\377\377\0 \0\0\6\0009P2000", 19) = 19
20500 read(3,
20416 <... select resumed> )= 1 (in [3])
20416 read(3, 0x808c060, 4096) = -1 ECONNRESET (Connection reset by
peer)
20416 write(2, "XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connec"..., 72) = 72
20416 write(2, " after 99 requests (98 know"..., 71) = 71
20416 exit_group(1) = ?
20444 <... read resumed> "", 1) = 0
20444 select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3])
20444 writev(3, [{"*\1\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0<\0\2\0\0\0`\1<\0\2\0\1\0`\1+\2"...,
32}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 32
20444 select(4, [3], [], NULL, NULL)= 1 (in [3])
20444 read(3, 0x8099a50, 4096) = -1 ECONNRESET (Connection reset by
peer)
20444 write(2, "XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connec"..., 72) = 72
20444 write(2, " after 11 requests (7 known"..., 70) = 70
20444 exit_group(1) = ?
20500 <... read resumed> 0x8b21590, 4) = -1 ECONNRESET (Connection reset by
peer)
20500 read(3, "", 5)= 0
20500 shutdown(3, 2 /* send and receive */) = 0
20500 close(3) = 0
20500 write(2, "wmiir: fatal: can\'t mount: unexp"..., 43) = 43
20500 exit_group(1) = ?
...
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
ah! much thanks On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Alex Kilgore wrote: > > Bryan Peters wrote: >> >> Excuse my ignorance here, but how do I go about pulling files from >> there and getting them installed? >> > install mercurial via whatever you use to install software packages, then > run > > hg clone http://code.suckless.org/hg/wmii > > cd to the newly created wmii directory, > make && make install from there > Alex > >
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Bryan Peters wrote: Excuse my ignorance here, but how do I go about pulling files from there and getting them installed? install mercurial via whatever you use to install software packages, then run hg clone http://code.suckless.org/hg/wmii cd to the newly created wmii directory, make && make install from there Alex
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Excuse my ignorance here, but how do I go about pulling files from there and getting them installed? Also, I looked here: http://code.suckless.org/dl/wmii/ and was kinda confused about the naming scheme of the files versus the modification dates. It also seems the xpi ones won't compile on my system, it's complaining about lacking of 64 bit files, so I guess the xpi branch is for x86_64 only? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Alex Kilgore wrote: > I am using the latest tip, wmii-hg2454 > from the repo at > http://code.suckless.org/hg/wmii > Alex > > Thomas Gallen wrote: >> >> That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the >> unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch >> across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. >> Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). >> >> However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive >> to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are >> you using? >> >> Thomas >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >>> >>> I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. >>> Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one >>> monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual >>> tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: >>> >>> http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html >>> >>> But that was 2 years ago I guess. >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione >>> wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: > > Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances > of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about > dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x > server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. > > It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me > can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen > in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept > any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that > screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary > screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. -- Kris Maglione It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. --Mark Twain >> >> > > > >
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Christian G. Warden wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15:56PM -0400, Kris Maglione wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. I tried upgrading my two-screen (no Xinerama) setup to hg a couple days ago, and wmii would die when trying to start the second instance on the second screen. I didn't have time to troubleshoot much, so I'm stuck on my ancient version of wmii for now. I haven't tried Xinerama yet, but not having separate tags per screen is probably the biggest reason not to switch to Xinerama. Not being able to change resolution of one of my screens (assuming Wikipedia is correct about this) when switching from a monitor to a projector would be another smaller annoyance. Christian I would guess that it's trying to bind on the same socket. Try manually setting the WMII_ADDRESS.
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15:56PM -0400, Kris Maglione wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances >> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about >> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x >> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. >> >> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me >> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen >> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept >> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that >> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary >> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. > > wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? > There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would > cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may > have faded away a bit. I tried upgrading my two-screen (no Xinerama) setup to hg a couple days ago, and wmii would die when trying to start the second instance on the second screen. I didn't have time to troubleshoot much, so I'm stuck on my ancient version of wmii for now. I haven't tried Xinerama yet, but not having separate tags per screen is probably the biggest reason not to switch to Xinerama. Not being able to change resolution of one of my screens (assuming Wikipedia is correct about this) when switching from a monitor to a projector would be another smaller annoyance. Christian
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Alex Kilgore wrote: Robert C Corsaro wrote: How hard would it be to make wmii assign different tags to different screens? I would guess the real problem would start when you move a window from one screen to the next. It would have to change tags too.. :P Hmm, not only that, but if the window was floating, and half on one screen and half on the other, it would have to have both tags? ..or would it have just one? interesting thought though... Alex But I would say, wherever the mouse lands, that is the tag it has and it's "hanging" over the edge.
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Alex Kilgore wrote: Robert C Corsaro wrote: How hard would it be to make wmii assign different tags to different screens? I would guess the real problem would start when you move a window from one screen to the next. It would have to change tags too.. :P Hmm, not only that, but if the window was floating, and half on one screen and half on the other, it would have to have both tags? ..or would it have just one? interesting thought though... Alex I don't use floating windows ;)
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Robert C Corsaro wrote: How hard would it be to make wmii assign different tags to different screens? I would guess the real problem would start when you move a window from one screen to the next. It would have to change tags too.. :P Hmm, not only that, but if the window was floating, and half on one screen and half on the other, it would have to have both tags? ..or would it have just one? interesting thought though... Alex
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
How hard would it be to make wmii assign different tags to different screens? I would guess the real problem would start when you move a window from one screen to the next. It would have to change tags too.. :P Bryan Peters wrote: ah thanks Alex, I'll try the latest and greatest. Thanks everyone for your assistance. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Alex Kilgore wrote: You would have to try a later version, 3.6 did not support xinerama, as it is quite old, the support came much later. Bryan Peters wrote: 3.6 in Ubuntu 8.04. �I tried it out on a single monitor on arch over the weekend and liked it and thought it would be great to use at work. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Thomas Gallen wrote: That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are you using? Thomas On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one monitor. �Also the idea of having to windows with their individual tagging is appealing. � I initially got the idea from here: http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html But that was 2 years ago I guess. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. -- Kris Maglione It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. � � � --Mark Twain
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
ah thanks Alex, I'll try the latest and greatest. Thanks everyone for your assistance. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Alex Kilgore wrote: > You would have to try a later version, 3.6 did not support xinerama, as it > is quite old, the support came much later. > > Bryan Peters wrote: >> >> 3.6 in Ubuntu 8.04. I tried it out on a single monitor on arch over >> the weekend and liked it and thought it would be great to use at work. >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Thomas Gallen >> wrote: >>> >>> That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the >>> unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch >>> across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. >>> Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). >>> >>> However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive >>> to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are >>> you using? >>> >>> Thomas >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html But that was 2 years ago I guess. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >> >> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances >> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about >> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x >> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. >> >> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me >> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen >> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept >> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that >> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary >> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. > > wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? > There > used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would > cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may > have > faded away a bit. > > -- > Kris Maglione > > It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. > --Mark Twain > > > >>> >> >> > > >
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Bryan Peters wrote:
Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances
of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about
dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x
server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands.
It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me
can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen
in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept
any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that
screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary
screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing.
I've created an ~/.xinitrc file and placed the following in it:
[snip]
I have a similar setup here. I am using ruby-wmii and have these
bindings setup:
binding("switch-screen-right", "MODKEY-Shift-comma") do |wmii|
`bash -c 'DISPLAY=:0.0 swarp 1 1'`
end
binding("switch-screen-left", "MODKEY-Shift-period") do |wmii|
`bash -c 'DISPLAY=:0.1 swarp 1 1'`
end
You can do the same with whatever wmiirc you use. You will need swarp
installed. It still has some glitches that I haven't worked out. When
switching screens, the active window doesn't get the keyboard input
until I cycle (alt-j, alt-k). It's second nature to me now, but I wish
it worked. also, if you ever get stuck with keys going to the wrong
screen, click the menu bar and get a dialog to pop up, this seems to
force the keyboard input to redirect to the proper screen.
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
You would have to try a later version, 3.6 did not support xinerama, as it is quite old, the support came much later. Bryan Peters wrote: 3.6 in Ubuntu 8.04. I tried it out on a single monitor on arch over the weekend and liked it and thought it would be great to use at work. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Thomas Gallen wrote: That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are you using? Thomas On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html But that was 2 years ago I guess. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. -- Kris Maglione It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. --Mark Twain
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
3.6 in Ubuntu 8.04. I tried it out on a single monitor on arch over the weekend and liked it and thought it would be great to use at work. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Thomas Gallen wrote: > That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the > unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch > across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. > Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). > > However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive > to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are > you using? > > Thomas > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >> I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. >> Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one >> monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual >> tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: >> >> http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html >> >> But that was 2 years ago I guess. >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: >> > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >> >> >> >> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances >> >> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about >> >> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x >> >> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. >> >> >> >> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me >> >> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen >> >> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept >> >> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that >> >> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary >> >> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. >> > >> > wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? >> > There >> > used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would >> > cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may >> > have >> > faded away a bit. >> > >> > -- >> > Kris Maglione >> > >> > It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. >> > --Mark Twain >> > >> > >> > >> > >
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
I am using the latest tip, wmii-hg2454 from the repo at http://code.suckless.org/hg/wmii Alex Thomas Gallen wrote: That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are you using? Thomas On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html But that was 2 years ago I guess. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. -- Kris Maglione It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. --Mark Twain
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are you using? Thomas On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: > I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. > Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one > monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual > tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: > > http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html > > But that was 2 years ago I guess. > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: > >> > >> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances > >> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about > >> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x > >> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. > >> > >> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me > >> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen > >> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept > >> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that > >> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary > >> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. > > > > wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There > > used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would > > cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have > > faded away a bit. > > > > -- > > Kris Maglione > > > > It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. > > --Mark Twain > > > > > > >
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
as i recall, wmii does not stretch windows across both monitors in xrandr / xinerama, it did that when it was not supported, it is supported in the releases from the mercurial repo Alex Bryan Peters wrote: I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html But that was 2 years ago I guess. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. -- Kris Maglione It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. --Mark Twain
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html But that was 2 years ago I guess. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >> >> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances >> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about >> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x >> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. >> >> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me >> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen >> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept >> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that >> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary >> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. > > wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There > used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would > cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have > faded away a bit. > > -- > Kris Maglione > > It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. > --Mark Twain > > >
Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? There used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may have faded away a bit. -- Kris Maglione It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. --Mark Twain
[wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead
Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. I've created an ~/.xinitrc file and placed the following in it: DISPLAY=:0.0 wmii & DISPLAY=:0.1 exec wmii I've played with it and changed it around a few times: Code: DISPLAY=:0.0 wmii & DISPLAY=:0.1 exec wmii & and this: DISPLAY=:0.0 wmii & DISPLAY=:0.1 wmii & but those didn't work either. Here's the relevant parts of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Generic Keyboard" Driver"kbd" Option"XkbRules""xorg" Option"XkbModel""pc105" Option"XkbLayout""us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Configured Mouse" Driver"mouse" Option"CorePointer" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier"0 Matrox Millenium G450 DualHead" Driver"mga" BusID"PCI:1:0:0" Screen0 Option"DDCMode""True" Option "AGPMode" "4" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier"1 Matrox Millenium G450 DualHead" Driver"mga" BusID"PCI:1:0:0" Screen1 Option"DDCMode""True" Option "AGPMode" "4" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier"Sun" Option"DPMS" HorizSync30-121 VertRefresh48-160 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier"N9 LCD" Option"DPMS" HorizSync30-79 VertRefresh56-75 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier"Primary Screen" Device"0 Matrox Millenium G450 DualHead" Monitor"Sun" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth16 Modes"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth24 Modes"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier"Secondary Screen" Device"1 Matrox Millenium G450 DualHead" Monitor"N9 LCD" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth16 Modes"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth24 Modes"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection #Section "ServerLayout" #Identifier"Xinerama Layout" #Screen0 "Primary Screen" #Screen1 "Secondary Screen" RightOf "Primary Screen" #InputDevice"Generic Keyboard" #InputDevice"Configured Mouse" #Option"Xinerama" "True" #EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Primary Screen" Screen 1 "Secondary Screen" RightOf "Primary Screen" InputDevice"Generic Keyboard" InputDevice"Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode0666 EndSection
