Nope, that was how it used to work. But with randr operating, the Virtual becomes the MAXIMUM size of the desktop area.
this is how I figured it out: http://en.opensuse.org/Multiple_Screens_Using_XRandR by the way, I have a laptop so i think that means i have one graphics card and multiple ports, or something like that. 2010/4/15 Javier Pérez Montes <[email protected]> > May be this works when having two video cards but when you only have one > you will have a great virtual desktop of 3046x1050. WM will use a desktop > size of 3046x1050 but you screen ony shows small part of the desktop area at > a resolution of 1366x768. ¿Am I right? > > > Paul Harris escribió: > >> The virtual means that I get one resizable desktop, rather than two >> separate desktops. Means I can drag windows from screen to screen like >> Xinerama, but without Xinerama >> >> 2010/4/14 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> < >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> >> I use WM 0.92 on mi IBM T23 (Debian Etch release), my dockstation >> has a second PCI video adapter card. >> >> In order to use both cards I configured manually my xorg.conf >> file, as I do not use Xinerama at all I get two separate desktops >> running WM when docked. If my T23 is not docked then I get only >> one desktop/screen of WM. >> >> The only strange thing I see is that you have in your xorg.conf >> file the current line: >> Virtual 3046 1050 >> >> This tells xorg.conf (not WM) to use a virtual screen of >> 3046x1050, when used whith only one screen the Virtual value must >> match the real resolution value or should be omitted letting >> xorg.conf to guess the values on the fly. >> >> Regards. >> >> ----Mensaje original---- >> De: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Fecha: 12/04/2010 3:56 >> Para: "wmaker-dev"<[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> Asunto: Problems with multiple screens >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >
