ah thanks Alex, I'll try the latest and greatest. Thanks everyone for your assistance.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Alex Kilgore <[email protected]> wrote: > You would have to try a later version, 3.6 did not support xinerama, as it > is quite old, the support came much later. > > Bryan Peters wrote: >> >> 3.6 in Ubuntu 8.04. I tried it out on a single monitor on arch over >> the weekend and liked it and thought it would be great to use at work. >> >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Thomas Gallen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the >>> unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch >>> across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii. >>> Only across the screen on which they appear (initially). >>> >>> However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive >>> to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are >>> you using? >>> >>> Thomas >>> >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >>>> >>>> I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on. >>>> Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one >>>> monitor. Also the idea of having to windows with their individual >>>> tagging is appealing. I initially got the idea from here: >>>> >>>> http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html >>>> >>>> But that was 2 years ago I guess. >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances >>>>>> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about >>>>>> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x >>>>>> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands. >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me >>>>>> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen >>>>>> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept >>>>>> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that >>>>>> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary >>>>>> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing. >>>>> >>>>> wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead? >>>>> There >>>>> used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would >>>>> cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may >>>>> have >>>>> faded away a bit. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Kris Maglione >>>>> >>>>> It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. >>>>> --Mark Twain >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >> > > >
