Re: [gentoo-user] dual monitors and dual desktops

[Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@gmail.com>]

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On Oct 25, 2012 8:45 PM, "Kfir Lavi" <lavi.kfir@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

If I recall correctly, USE=xinerama informs X clients to take multiple
monitors into account when maximising. I have it enabled globally but i
not sure which packages really need it.

> 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

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