From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7533F139B2A for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:25:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D08AC21C073; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:25:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C31DB21C010 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:25:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zcveu-0006Yj-9q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:25:00 +0200 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:25:00 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:25:00 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't paste from selection in gtk-3 apps Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4495733.REUhFB2KrW@andromeda> <11450525.hpTvBvr8O3@andromeda> <89ef3f3d6ab06cb109512c8b43f350c9.squirrel@www.antarean.org> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.2 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 2326c444-d375-4590-a8b6-86feb44d0ec8 X-Archives-Hash: 86b9342fa0029267688c8aa351a50dfa On 2015-09-18, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thu, September 17, 2015 16:33, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2015-09-17, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2015-09-17, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> >>>>>> I use 2 screens extensively and never experienced any issues like you >>>>>> describe. >>>>> >>>>> And you can select/paste from one screen to another where the source >>>>> is a gtk-3 app? >>>> >>>> Not sure, need to test with a gtk-3 app. >>>> >>>> I run KDE myself. >>> >>>>> I should clarify that I mean "screen" in the strict X11 usage. Using >>>>> Xinerama or the like to spread a single desktop across multiple >>>>> monitors is still a single screen setup. I'm trying to select text >>>>> on DISPLAY=:0.0 and paste it on DISPLAY=:0.1 >>>> >>>> Not using my desktop atm. >>>> What does Xorg do by default when it detects multiple screens? >>> >>> Not sure -- I'll have to give it a try. IIRC, it just uses the first >>> one. >> >> At least on my machine, if I start up X11 without a configuration >> file it only uses one of my three monitors. That behavior may depend >> on which boards are installed and which board/driver is found first. > > On my desktop: > > $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "nvidia" > BusID "PCI:2:0:0" > EndSection > > (Without this, X doesn't start, complaining it can't find VESA) > > echo $DISPLAY returns the same on both desktops. That is a single X11 screen spread across two physical monitors. It will not exhibit the gtk-3 selection bug. Are you sure you have two desktops and it's not just a single desktop that is spread across two monitors? Can you drag a window from one monitor to the other? If you can, then it's a single desktop. > Please note: This desktop was installed years ago and simply kept > up-to-date for the most part. But it does have the "xinerama" > USE-flag set globally. > > I remember reading something about it, but not sure if this is the > "new" or "old" way of doing it. I need to check how my laptop handles > it later today/this weekend. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! MERYL STREEP is my at obstetrician! gmail.com