On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 06:05:32PM -0500, Stephen Towler wrote: > 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 > > ______________________________________ > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 : *snip* > Screen "screen2" Leftof "screen1" *snip*
I believe this is the "problem". I never did any tests with any other set ups other than my own (which is RightOf). This weekend I don't think I have too much homework to do. If I can find some time I'll play around with other setups and find out why they break things. Thanks for all the info. Now I know why developers want lots ;)
