On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 11:34 +1000, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 00:06:35 +0200 Sylvester Keil
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> 
> > On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 09:19 +1000, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > > On Wed, 14 May 2008 08:43:38 -0700 (PDT) Yrbgol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > > babbled:
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > I am not sure that the title makes sense but here is my problem: I've
> > > > two monitors connected to my CentOS 4.4 desktop. My graphics card is
> > > > nvidia (GT 7300??). I used to run gnome before and I had my first
> > > > monitor as the master and in the second monitor I could drag windows
> > > > but it did not have a taskbar and it was using the first monitors
> > > > taskbar. So, when I change my virtual desktop, both monitors used to
> > > > change. Now, I am using E17 and it has two different desktops. Both
> > > > has their taksbars and I can drag a window from one to the other.
> > > > However, both have their own virtual desktops. I know this is a good
> > > > feature but I could not find it useful and It confuses me while using
> > > > my computer.
> > > > 
> > > > How can I start enlightenment so that the same virtual desktop spans
> > > > both monitors? I searched a lot and could not find an answer to my
> > > > question. I've found someone mentioning "enlightenment -single" as a
> > > > hidden option but that did not work as well.
> > > > 
> > > > I am using CVS version of enlightenment.
> > > 
> > > you can't. enlightenment does not work that way. each screen gets its own
> > > desktop - so you can't have the same desktop across both (without e losing
> > > all knowledge of there being 2 screens at all). so.. get used to it :)
> > > (same answer u'd get from the gnome guys for the reverse - each screen
> > > having its own desktops that work independently).
> > 
> > IIRC you could fake it by compiling E without xrandr support (i.e.
> > that's E losing all knowledge of there being two screens), and still use
> > xrandr. That creates one huge desktop spanning both screens... but, why
> > would you want that? *g* Honestly, better get used to it..
> 
> won't help. e uses xinerama for the info. xrandr is only used for resolution
> and rotation changing in e. there is no support for querying multiple screens
> via xrandr in efl. you can add cmd-line options to fool e into ignoring
> xinerama and making it think you just have 1 big screen - this was there only
> for testing but has stayed. i think its an utterly silly idea to just through
> the information of 2 screens away so i don't intend to hand-hold anyone with
> how to do this :)

Yes, I totally agree :) It's funny though, because I had exactly this
behaviour once: I started E, configured my second monitor with xrandr
and ended up with one huge desktop spanning both screens. If I changed
the virtual desktop, obviously, both screens changed. I was puzzled,
recompiled with xrandr support and everything worked just fine. That's
why I thought it would work the other way around, too ;)

sylvester



-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft 
Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. 
http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
enlightenment-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users

Reply via email to