[Fluxbox-users] dual monitors and dual desktops

[Kfir Lavi]

Hi,
I have a laptop and an external monitor.
I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops.
My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and
programming stuff on the other side.
Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.
I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the
window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on.
This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop.

Thanks,
Kfir

virtual dual monitors:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto --output
VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary

[Antonio Paiva]

Try arandr.
I have the same setup and arandr does the job perfectly. Moreover, it
saves the settings as script that you can call upon boot.

Regards,
Antonio

Post by Kfir Lavi
Hi,
I have a laptop and an external monitor.
I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops.
My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and
programming stuff on the other side.
Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.
I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the
window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on.
This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop.
Thanks,
Kfir
xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto --output
VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary
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[Kfir Lavi]

Thanks for your reply.
This program does just what xrandr does.
I didn't find a way to separate screens. It seems to define by default a
virtual workspace, and let you just put both screens in this virtual
workspace.
The command at the bottom of this mail does just that.

I want that the monitors will not show the same workspace. Both should show
different desktops.
It is like running xorg twice.

Kfir

Post by Antonio Paiva
Try arandr.
I have the same setup and arandr does the job perfectly. Moreover, it
saves the settings as script that you can call upon boot.
Regards,
Antonio

Post by Kfir Lavi
Hi,
I have a laptop and an external monitor.
I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops.
My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and
programming stuff on the other side.
Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.
I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the
window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on.
This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop.
Thanks,
Kfir
xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto --output
VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Post by Kfir Lavi
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[Jonathan Reed]

Do you have an nvidia video card? If so I would recommend running
nvidia-setting to configure your displays. This is what I use after
trying {a,x,g}randr. I found it a little easier to use with an on-screen
view of how my monitors would display. Look under the "X Server Display
Configuration" section. It should be fairly easy to set up. I launch it
from my startup file because writing out the config to xorg.conf after I
change my display layout doesnt succeed for reasons i cant remember.

Post by Kfir Lavi
Thanks for your reply.
This program does just what xrandr does.
I didn't find a way to separate screens. It seems to define by default a
virtual workspace, and let you just put both screens in this virtual
workspace.
The command at the bottom of this mail does just that.
I want that the monitors will not show the same workspace. Both should
show different desktops.
It is like running xorg twice.
Kfir

Post by Antonio Paiva
Try arandr.
I have the same setup and arandr does the job perfectly. Moreover, it
saves the settings as script that you can call upon boot.
Regards,
Antonio

Post by Kfir Lavi
Hi,
I have a laptop and an external monitor.
I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops.
My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and
programming stuff on the other side.
Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.
I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the
window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on.
This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop.
Thanks,
Kfir
xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto

--output

Post by Kfir Lavi
VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary

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Post by Kfir Lavi
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[Kfir Lavi]

Hi,
I have i915 and its compiled in with kms support

Kfir

Post by Jonathan Reed
Do you have an nvidia video card? If so I would recommend running
nvidia-setting to configure your displays. This is what I use after
trying {a,x,g}randr. I found it a little easier to use with an on-screen
view of how my monitors would display. Look under the "X Server Display
Configuration" section. It should be fairly easy to set up. I launch it
from my startup file because writing out the config to xorg.conf after I
change my display layout doesnt succeed for reasons i cant remember.

Post by Kfir Lavi
Thanks for your reply.
This program does just what xrandr does.
I didn't find a way to separate screens. It seems to define by default a
virtual workspace, and let you just put both screens in this virtual
workspace.
The command at the bottom of this mail does just that.
I want that the monitors will not show the same workspace. Both should
show different desktops.
It is like running xorg twice.
Kfir

Post by Antonio Paiva
Try arandr.
I have the same setup and arandr does the job perfectly. Moreover, it
saves the settings as script that you can call upon boot.
Regards,
Antonio

Post by Kfir Lavi
Hi,
I have a laptop and an external monitor.
I would like to have both monitors showing different desktops.
My aim is to have IRC and Email client on one side, and my shell and
programming stuff on the other side.
Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.
I'm a Fluxbox user, and didn't find a way to define that starching the
window, will not stretch outside of the monitor I'm on.
This is why I would like each monitor have it's own desktop.
Thanks,
Kfir
xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --auto

--output

Post by Kfir Lavi
VGA1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 448x0 --primary

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Post by Kfir Lavi
Everyone hates slow websites. So do we.
Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics
http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct
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[Mathias Gumz]

hey,

Post by Kfir Lavi
Currently I managed to do a big virtual workspace with XRANDR, but it
stretches the browser and it is hard to setup correctly.

the "stretching" part indicates, that you don't run a fluxbox binary
with xinerama support.

$> fluxbox -info | grep -i xinerama

should not return "-XINERAMA". if it does, use the "xinerama" use-flag
on your (just a guess) gentoo system and rebuild fluxbox.

cheers,
mathias