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I have two screens, my regular monitor and my TV. When I open a program, sometimes it opens on my monitor and sometimes it opens on my TV. I don't usually have my TV on, so I want to have everything to default to open on my monitor. How do I set this?
It's the job of the window manager to place newly opened windows, however I don't believe that it's configurable in all window managers. Which one are you using?
Is there some reason you just aren't disabling the TV when it's not on?
It's the job of the window manager to place newly opened windows, however I don't believe that it's configurable in all window managers. Which one are you using?
Is there some reason you just aren't disabling the TV when it's not on?
Adam
I am using KDE. And I could run nvidia-settings, disable it, and restart X every time I begin using the second screen and end using it, but it just seems to me that a default window opening screen would/should be something that is easily specified somewhere.
If it's not configurable in the KDE window manager, is there another WM that you know it is configurable on?
I know compiz has an option in the Place windows plugin to place new windows on the active output device. I'm not aware of a similar option in KDE, though I'm surprised that most window managers don't automatically place new windows on the active output device by default.
I have a dual monitor setup as well, and when I want to play games I turn one monitor off. You can do it through nvidia-settings and you don't have to log out and log in. It happens right then.
I have a dual monitor setup as well, and when I want to play games I turn one monitor off. You can do it through nvidia-settings and you don't have to log out and log in. It happens right then.
When I open nvidia-settings, select "X Server Display Configuration," select my TV, and then click "Configure", the radio button I would select is "Disabled (requires X restart)" Selecting it, saying I'm sure, and then quitting nvidia-settings does not disable my TV until I restart X.
Is there another way I can temporarily disable my TV without restarting X?
If you disable the tv, then hit apply that should do it. You don't have to save it to xorg.conf every time. I just disable it when I need to then re-enable it.
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