Steingrim Dovland declaimed: > Hi > > I have been using a dual head system for the last couple of weeks. > Unfortunatly for me, the stable versions of blackbox and bbkeys aren't > meeting my demands. I want to be able to switch display using bbkeys, > and I want bbkeys to be able to grab keys on both screens. (Stable > bbkeys will only grab keys on the main screen, I have tried running > multiple instances with no luck.) > > I read somewhere (it might have been the list archive) that running > cvs versions of bbkeys and blackbox would fix this, but I'm having > problems compiling bbkeys. > > A full listing of what fails can be found at <url: > http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~steingrd/bbkeys.txt >. It was configured like > this: > > CXX=/local/snacks/bin/g++ ./configure \ > --with-bt-lib=../blackbox-cvs/lib/ \ > --with-bt-includes=../blackbox-cvs/lib/ \ > --prefix=/hom/steingrd/blackbox > > It looks for Netwm.hh, and I _know_ that it is in the includepath > (-I../blackbox-cvs/lib). I'd appreciate if someone could help me > compile bbkeys, I really want to be able to use both displays from my > keyboard :) > > Are there any (other) known problems with running blackbox and bbkeys > from cvs? > > regards, > Steingrim
Using stable (blackbox 0.65.0, bbkeys 0.8.5), I run multiple instances of bbkeys just fine, here's how: --- .xsession --- ./.bbstartup & xmodmap .xmodmap & /usr/bin/blackbox --- .bbstartup --- #/display :0.0 DISPLAY=:0.0; bbkeys -i & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; bbpal -p rathead -w -s & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; bbtime -w & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; bbpager -s -w & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; bbpal -p debian -w -s & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; wmmixer -w & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; wmxmms & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.0; gkrellm -w & sleep 2 #/.display :0.1 DISPLAY=:0.1; bbkeys -i & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.1; bbpal -p rathead -w -s & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.1; bbtime -w & sleep 2 DISPLAY=:0.1; bbpager -s -w & sleep 2 The sleeps are to speed up launching everything. With this configuration, the mouse pointer controls the active display, and bbkeys works just fine with each instance sharing the same config. Dunno what Sean plans as far as allowing you to switch between displays, that doesn't really seem like blackbox's business. I'd guess that the solution is for a single instance of bbkeys to support multiple displays. But isn't there some on this list who's slick enough with x-windows to tell how to zap the mouse pointer to coordinate 0,0 of a given display? Write a script, link it to an F-key and you're done. HTH, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
