Please count me in support of patch for desktop-friendly xinerama support. I tested
Mr. Chu's xinerama patch on my dual-head setup but it does not currently appear to
have any effect on how windows and menus behave (i.e. maximizing a window still causes
it to span both monitors, etc.).
Here is how I installed the patch, followed by my XF84Config-4 file:
/hdb/dl]$ tar -zxvf blackbox-0.62.0.tar.gz
/hdb/dl]$ patch -p0 <blackbox+xinerama.diff
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/configure
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/configure.in
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Basemenu.cc
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Screen.cc
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Screen.hh
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Slit.cc
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Toolbar.cc
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Window.cc
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/Workspace.cc
patching file blackbox-0.62.0/src/blackbox.cc
(then manually spot-checked whether files were patched correctly)
Log out of X,
./configure
make
make install
startx -- +xinerama
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/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 :
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#NoTrapSignals
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom
# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"
# put here by Stephen:
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
# Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Big Dell"
# commented out by stephen:
# HorizSync 30-96
HorizSync 31.5 - 94.0
# commented out by Stephen:
# VertRefresh 48-120
VertRefresh 50-90
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC Technologies|NEC Multisync 5FGe"
HorizSync 31-62
VertRefresh 55-90
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
# below commented out by SDT
#Section "Device"
# Identifier "Generic VGA"
# Driver "vga"
#EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "TNT"
Driver "nvidia"
# VideoRam 16320
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"
# inserted by SDT for Xinerama:
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Matrox Mystique"
Driver "mga"
# VideoRam 2048
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"
# BusID inserted by SDT for Xinerama:
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "TNT"
Monitor "Big Dell"
Option "NvAgp" "0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
# inserted by SDT:
Option "backingstore"
Option "saveunders"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen2"
Device "Matrox Mystique"
Monitor "NEC Technologies|NEC Multisync 5FGe"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
# inserted by SDT:
Virtual 1024 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "simple layout"
Screen "screen1"
Screen "screen2" Leftof "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 lines 172-246/246 (END)
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