Re: question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-13 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 12:27 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > The more I hear about things like this from the Gnome devs the more it > sounds like they're only interested in having Gnome 3 able to do > things the devs need and don't care about anybody else. You get that impression, don't you... It's not t

Re: question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/12/2011 01:28 PM, Alan J. Gagne wrote: > No Worries. Tablets only have one head currently. True. However, I was trying to be neutral and avoid cheap shots. And, to be fair, this attitude of the Gnome devs ignoring the users and their wishes isn't exactly anything new. -- users mailing l

question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Alan J. Gagne
>> Just a warning: that mode is very buggy. I tried it for a while and when >> I reported various issues to the GNOME developers (directly, not in BZ), >> I was told that they have no plans to support anything other than the >> default "Only one monitor gets workspaces" approach. > > The more I hea

Re: question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/12/2011 11:54 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > Just a warning: that mode is very buggy. I tried it for a while and when > I reported various issues to the GNOME developers (directly, not in BZ), > I was told that they have no plans to support anything other than the > default "Only one monitor

Re: question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 11:45 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote: > On 12/12/2011 10:36 AM, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote: > > On 12/12/2011 11:33 AM, Thomas Cameron wrote: > >> How do I do multi-desktop on both the left and right screens??? I > >> need to be able to run an app that spans desktops but I want to > >

Re: question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/12/2011 10:36 AM, Mike Wohlgemuth wrote: > On 12/12/2011 11:33 AM, Thomas Cameron wrote: >> How do I do multi-desktop on both the left and right screens??? I >> need to be able to run an app that spans desktops but I want to >> do it on multiple

Re: question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Mike Wohlgemuth
On 12/12/2011 11:33 AM, Thomas Cameron wrote: > How do I do multi-desktop on both the left and right screens??? I need > to be able to run an app that spans desktops but I want to do it on > multiple desktops! I haven't tried it, but does this work? http://gregcor.com/2011/05/07/fix-dual-monitors

question re: multi-head gnome3

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Cameron
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have two monitors, plan on going to three soon. In GNOME2, I often have an app spanning both monitors. With multiple desktops, that app would stay on one desktop and if I needed a second desktop it was a piece of cake, just ctrl+alt+arrow to go to a