On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 21:08:26 +0000, Duncan wrote: > Welcome to the modern multi-monitor world. =:^)
Well, I've been running multiple displays for a while, but using different machines driving each display, connected using synergy-foss. :) > First the pan specific answer. As I've long had this configured I > forgot it was a problem and indeed didn't know it still was, but I guess > so since it seems to be the issue you're dealing with now, and indeed, I > just adjusted my configuration not to match and got the huge pan-prefs > once again when I tested, so it does still seem to be a problem. > > I'm not sure what desktop environment and window manager you run, but > here it's kde and kwin, which are of course hugely configurable. Of > course kwin's window rules have all sorts of options to limit what's > matched (a full tab full) to either all windows of a specific app or a > specific window, and there's even more options (three tabs worth) on > what behavior to either apply initially or force, for anything that > matches. GNOME3 here on openSUSE 13.1. I should probably have mentioned that. :) > Meanwhile, here's the more general xorg multi-monitor desktop > observation. > > In general, I've found things work /much/ better if you have access to > the full area of the bounding rectangle of your desktop. I can see that being the case, but that's not likely to happen here. The displays are different sizes, and as I just put about $700 into the new WQHD monitor, I've got to cool it for a while before spending more money. :) Not to mention the $1700 PC that it's connected to. :) > It's not > absolutely necessary, but some windows simply don't behave reasonably > and try to ignore the window manager and appear partially or fully > offscreen. While it's certainly possible to setup window rules for each > one just as I did above, it's generally easier to simply ensure that I > can reach all areas of the bounded desktop rectangle. Overall, GNOME3/GDM seem to do a good job with it, though I did take some screenshots yesterday and noticed the area that it's capturing is as you describe. Someone else had mentioned that to me as well, but I hadn't noticed it before. > Anyway, if you'd like to compare xrandr panning notes or would like a > copy of my xrandr script to hack on (some values are still hard-coded > and would thus need hacked, which is why I don't use it at all these > days as I don't really need it so it hasn't been worth the trouble > worrying about, and I already scripted it once so I know how to do it > and there's not the challenge of the first time, either), ask, and I can > post the script and/or compare notes on the panning stuff as necessary. That might be interesting to look at, even if just to have the right-hand monitor pan. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
