On Friday 18 September 2015 13:23:49 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > On Thu, September 17, 2015 16:33, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2015-09-17, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On 2015-09-17, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > >>>>>> I use 2 screens extensively and never experienced any issues like you > >>>>>> describe. > >>>>> > >>>>> And you can select/paste from one screen to another where the source > >>>>> is a gtk-3 app? > >>>> > >>>> Not sure, need to test with a gtk-3 app. > >>>> > >>>> I run KDE myself. > >>>> > >>>>> I should clarify that I mean "screen" in the strict X11 usage. Using > >>>>> Xinerama or the like to spread a single desktop across multiple > >>>>> monitors is still a single screen setup. I'm trying to select text > >>>>> on DISPLAY=:0.0 and paste it on DISPLAY=:0.1 > >>>> > >>>> Not using my desktop atm. > >>>> What does Xorg do by default when it detects multiple screens? > >>> > >>> Not sure -- I'll have to give it a try. IIRC, it just uses the first > >>> one. > >> > >> At least on my machine, if I start up X11 without a configuration > >> file it only uses one of my three monitors. That behavior may depend > >> on which boards are installed and which board/driver is found first. > > > > On my desktop: > > > > $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Section "Device" > > > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "nvidia" > > BusID "PCI:2:0:0" > > > > EndSection > > > > (Without this, X doesn't start, complaining it can't find VESA) > > > > echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops. > > That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors. It > will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug. > > Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop > that is spread across two monitors? Can you drag a window from one > monitor to the other? If you can, then it's a single desktop.
Yes, I can. When I maximize a window, it's only on 1 screen. This is how it seems "right" to me. Why would I want it to be different? Eg. windows can't be moved between screens? I don't see the point of having more than 1 screen in that case. -- Joost
