Hello,
I had a problem a few months ago with a 4 screen machine and xinerama. A
few people on this list came through with the answer and I'm very
appreciative. The less is more approach worked well. Now I have a new
problem with a three screen machine.
The 4 screen machine that works is running RH7.1 and XFree86 4.1. All 4
screens come up as different displays 0:0, 0:1, 0:2, and 0:3 and we're using
fvwm, (for reasons too detailed to go into here) a fvwm process starts up
for each display. This is what was trying to accomplish.
Now the problem, I have a 3 screen machine also running RH7.1 but the video
cards wouldn't work in XFree86 4.1. I upgraded to 4.2 and they now work.
BUT, all three screens come up as one display, 0:0, and only one fvwm starts
up.This is a major pain because of space contraints in our control room
these three monitors are in this configuration.
| 2 |
| 0 | 1 |
So you can see my problem, if windows pop up in the upper right hand corner
and there's NO screen there to display them. They are invisible. I can't
move monitor 2 over because there is a 36 inch monitor, (that would be
difficult to move) in the way. Changing the layout but leaving the monitors
in the same position would confuse the operators and I'd be paged at all
hours of the night saying the mouse won't go up to the top screen. The
XFConfig file is an exact copy of the 4 screen with the screen layout
section edited and all references to the 4th display (monitor3, device3,
screen3) removed. From the working 4 head machine, I've also copied most of
the config files over in /etc/X11. Like "prefdm" and the entire directories
"gdm", "xdm", "xinit", and "AnotherLevel"(fvwm). (Not all at once, first I
copied the once I thought would make a difference, then after enough
frustration I just copied the entire directories)
Still it doesn't work and I'm at a loss. Is there a major difference in
xinerama between 4.1 and 4.2? Or am I just missing something obvious?
I'm not a member of the list so PLEASE reply to me directly.
Thanks
Jim Fitzmaurice
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UNIX is very user friendly, It's just very particular about who it makes
friends with.
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