From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QMna9-0003qZ-Mj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 20:43:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1121F1C04E; Wed, 18 May 2011 20:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADDC81C04E for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 20:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so1990595wwj.10 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 13:41:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=/UEg7gewHRWkN3ABNPPnnbZAQcc7ECg7KL/gXBKEMyo=; b=tVRjhb6XG3uBkRRNSXVFtgEVB6BSWXOkyUrLwETOC1jNYvH70AzXLrWN99/u3aCWHF asKAi6Ez9jD7nr9l0uB1f0/FE0HjBh4yl350h9eyF+623INqzPR+drM5VJY6YIpmI5Y5 f2OsU0O6SjE2kAmZuBTK13ZOrpJ39XWZBdpO8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=KQum2Y+IduO1g1SEANG4ellNbo5GWBDz5fjuLa/eFlq16M8/K+NxO4FVRhNGJD63gx 8Okvcf334nXVHzhmf3JBM8JWqcFDzQ+DZAzqq31sJMoHpBvV4JTa/VLzQPfKP1AYhfjQ +oYw7/lMOTFSxJyaM77VwP+jbT+Ay6KTLRUAc= Received: by 10.227.37.7 with SMTP id v7mr2404856wbd.41.1305751295890; Wed, 18 May 2011 13:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s20sm1193704wbh.6.2011.05.18.13.41.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 18 May 2011 13:41:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4.6 with two monitors does not respect boundaries/edges between them Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 21:42:07 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.37-gentoo-r4; KDE/4.6.2; x86_64; ; ) References: <4DD4229A.70700@gmail.com> <201105182224.18127.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201105182224.18127.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2325664.UpUQXomvbx"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201105182142.08912.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f8264e6d46413b84ec7d864f20c3536c --nextPart2325664.UpUQXomvbx Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday 18 May 2011 21:24:17 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 21:48 on Wednesday 18 May 2011, Bill > Longman >=20 > did opine thusly: > > On 05/18/2011 11:53 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Do you have an xorg.conf? > > >=20 > > > I suspect X has correctly figured out what you have and then you turn > > > around and tell it something different. Whereupon it believes you. > >=20 > > When I have NO xorg.conf file, KDE starts in clone mode. The 1280x1024 > > LCD wins and the 1680x1050 gets that same resolution. Or worse still, > > the widescreen is disabled. > >=20 > > I've gone into krandrtray and Systems Settings and, in 4.6 now, can save > > it as the default. It never does, or, if it really is saving defaults, > > it is ignored upon next KDE restart. >=20 > I have a 1920x1200 internal LCD and two different Samsungs (home & work), > both 1920x1080. I do not have the issues you experience - everything works > as it should and has done so for many versions now, with both nvidia and > nouveau drivers. >=20 > This would be a good time to post actual configs. =2E.. and following my recent experience start with: euse -i xinerama BTW, I do have an xorg file in which among other things I have defined two= =20 monitors: Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 360 290 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "NEC" ModelName "NEC LCD1860NX" HorizSync 31.0 - 82.0 VertRefresh 55.0 - 85.0 Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 510 290 # mm Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "DEL" ModelName "DELL ST2320L" HorizSync 56.0 - 76.0 VertRefresh 30.0 - 83.0 Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" Option "RightOf" "Monitor0" Option "DPMS" EndSection and under Section "Device" I have: Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "monitor-VGA-0" "Monitor0" Option "monitor-DVI-0" "Monitor1" but these are historical. I have not tried removing them to see what happe= ns. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2325664.UpUQXomvbx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk3ULyAACgkQVTDTR3kpaLahIwCg9SQCjEtYCZRSmodVXE/nKkYH jKoAniWdUif4U4BRPJsZXcR7/A1P6OjD =dB/b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2325664.UpUQXomvbx--