Hi all,
Got a new laptop, and instead of using ximerama, I'm trying a different
technique of using multiple screens.
The problem with ximerama is that I didn't know how to change the number of
screens on the fly, so now i've switched...
Now I use my laptop with ATI graphics card, with xrandr. my xorg.conf looks
something like this:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 3046 1050
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
it was partially generated by aticonfig
If you allow it to define two devices, then you end up with an independent
wmaker on each monitor (dual-head), and only the mouse can cross between the
screens.
But if you define just one device and screen (as above), then xrandr can
combine the screens.
I set the virtual to be as large as the two monitors side-by-side.
When X first starts, its basically a crippled clone (the CRT's resolution
isn't ideal).
I open a terminal and run:
xrandr --output CRT1 --auto --right-of LVDS
That fixes up the CRT's resolution and puts it to the right of the laptop.
What is great about this is I can then use xrandr to turn off the CRT, or
move it around, etc.
However, the problem is that wmaker is confused by this, and believes the
workspace is still the original size.
If I use the menu to restart wmaker, then it figures things out correctly.
shouldn't wmaker be watching for randr changes?
cheers
Paul
