On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Adam Groszer <agros...@gmail.com> wrote: > (missed the list) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Hello, > > Seems like xfwm4 is the culprit, metacity handles > > xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1280x800 > xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x800 --right-of LVDS > > just fine
Ok, but those are local connectors on a single GPU, not a remote display. Alex > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Adam GROSZER <agroszer...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 12/18/2012 08:44 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Adam Groszer <agroszer...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to use an android tablet as a secondary monitor for my laptop. >>>>> Secondary monitor as one physical would be plugged into the VGA port. >>>>> Googling resulted in no concrete solution. >>>> >>>> >>>> Does the tablet have a VGA input port and can it act as a monitor or >>>> are you asking about using it as a virtual second monitor? If the >>>> latter, you can probably play with xdmx assuming you can get an >>>> xserver running on the tablet, however, there's no real official >>>> solution that I know of. Anything will basically be a hack. >>>> >>>> Alex >>> >>> >>> No VGA, I definitely need it as virtual, any communication can go only over >>> TCP/IP. >>> >>> There's an xserver for android, but it's rather incomplete. >>> Starting xfwm4 with it burps a lot of errors. >>> As it looks the most solid way to mirror a screen to a tablet is vnc. >>> >>> The question is, how to create the secondary headless virtual monitor with >>> X. I'm lost there. >>> (Maybe I'll force with xrandr to display that secondary on the VGA against >>> no real monitor connected. >>> Something along: >>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2009-October/004531.html >>> or >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/150879/can-i-force-vga-signal-output-even-when-xrandr-shows-disconnected >>> Because what I actually want is like having a second monitor, but it's >>> "attached" via vnc-TCP/IP) >>> >> >> As I said, originally, you need something like xdmx: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xdmx >> It's basically a proxy xserver that connects to xservers on multiple >> boxes and presents the result as a single xserver. >> >> Alex >> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> With some help of a friend, the http://pastie.org/5548492 script kind >>>>> of works. (on xubuntu 11.10) >>>>> Problems: >>>>> - the XFCE top panel gets extended to the "tablet monitor" >>>>> - the mouse pointer cannot enter the "tablet monitor" >>>>> - both above together cause the panel to be inaccessible >>>>> >>>>> Any pointers are welcome, how to solve this. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Adam >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Adam GROSZER >>> -- >>> Quote of the day: >>> It's hard to remain true to a changing self. > > > > -- > Best regards, > Adam > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: alexdeuc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com