Do you get any output when you try to run qtile? You should get a few lines about disabled widgets. With no You can run just a single Xephyr instance with multiple monitors by just using multiple `-screen WxH` blocks, so for you ` Xephyr :1 +extension RANDR -screen 800x600 -screen 800x600`.
Sean On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Xiaojie Lin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I am going to try to solve issue #538. So I want to emulate my monitor > setting using something like Xephyr and Xdmx, but qtile keep failing to > draw on > them. Anybody know the correct way to do this? > > The steps I have tried are: > > 1. ``Xephyr +extension RANDR -screen 800x600 -ac :1 & Xephyr +extension > RANDR -screen 800x600 -ac :2 &`` (I also tried without ``+extension RANDR``) > 2. ``Xdmx +xinerama -xinput local -display :1 -display :2 -ac :3`` (I also > tried without ``+xinerama``) > 3. ``env DISPLAY=:3 qtile`` (I also tried ``env DIAPLAY=:3.0 qtile``) > > In all cases, the emulating screens just keep being blank. But things like > ``env DIAPLAY=:3 xterm`` succeeded. > > I actually do not quite understand how these X things work. It would be > great > if somebody can tell me the correct way. The monitor setting I tried to > emulate is > that there are two monitors, and the right one is the primary one. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
