fluxbox and dual monitors question

jacksmash · 02-22-2007, 08:24 AM

Hi,

I have two monitors set up, and I'm using fluxbox, and I'm finding that fluxbox interprets them as one large monitor. This is because whenever I run a program, it's initial view is split between the two monitors.

Does anyone know how I can change this?

Here is my xorg.conf file:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Multihead layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
        Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option      "Xinerama" "on"
        Option      "Clone" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Mouse0"
        Driver  "mouse"
        Option  "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option  "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
        HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard1"
        Driver      "radeon"
        VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
        BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
        Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Videocard1"
        Monitor    "Monitor1"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1280x1024"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

jacksmash · 02-24-2007, 08:07 AM

any ideas ... anyone?

exodist · 02-27-2007, 03:45 PM

you can disable xinerama, but then you could not drag windows between the 2 monitors.

xinerama "0" in the server section of the xorg.xonf

Also fluxbox compiles with or without xinerama extentions. If you compile it yourself make sure to use xinerama, if on gentoo make sure xinerama is in use flags, in other distro's I am not sure what to check for, but you need to make sure fluxbox has been installed with xinerama support.

jacksmash · 02-27-2007, 03:48 PM

but what if I still want to be able to drag between the two windows? Do I just have to live with what I have?