Hi.
Is anyone here running CentOS 6 with dual monitors configured as a single X Screen?
I'm trying such a setup on version 5 (again), using NVIDIA TwinView, and it works in many ways, but there are a number of problems that means it's not too usable - the most important one being that there appears to be no way to control which of the displays new applications/windows will appear on. I mean, I don't necessarily need to be able to configure this or anything, but I would at least expect programs to open on the monitor that displaying the menu item or icon or terminal or whatever used for startup, but often they end up on the other one.
So I guess my question is, would upgrading to version 6 help?
- Toralf
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Hello Toralf,
On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:55:45 +0200 Toralf Lund toralf.lund@pgs.com wrote:
Hi.
Is anyone here running CentOS 6 with dual monitors configured as a single X Screen?
I'm trying such a setup on version 5 (again), using NVIDIA TwinView, and it works in many ways, but there are a number of problems that means it's not too usable - the most important one being that there appears to be no way to control which of the displays new applications/windows will appear on. I mean, I don't necessarily need to be able to configure this or anything, but I would at least expect programs to open on the monitor that displaying the menu item or icon or terminal or whatever used for startup, but often they end up on the other one.
So I guess my question is, would upgrading to version 6 help?
Works very well here w/ a Dell E6500 laptop and Intel internal graphics chip (laptop lid and hdmi-connected lcd). Not sure if that helps you though!
Regards,
On 03/30/2012 10:55 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Is anyone here running CentOS 6 with dual monitors configured as a single X Screen?
I'm trying such a setup on version 5 (again), using NVIDIA TwinView, and it works in many ways, but there are a number of problems that means it's not too usable - the most important one being that there appears to be no way to control which of the displays new applications/windows will appear on. I mean, I don't necessarily need to be able to configure this or anything, but I would at least expect programs to open on the monitor that displaying the menu item or icon or terminal or whatever used for startup, but often they end up on the other one.
It's the window's manager job to do that using the XINERAMA X extension. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinerama For example in centos 6 KDE the window manager redirects the new windows in the display that have the mouse in, so if I start an application and quickly enough move the mouse to the desired screen, the application window displays in that screen.
Lec
So I guess my question is, would upgrading to version 6 help?
- Toralf
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On 30/03/12 15:21, Alexandru Chiscan wrote:
On 03/30/2012 10:55 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Hi.
Is anyone here running CentOS 6 with dual monitors configured as a single X Screen?
I'm trying such a setup on version 5 (again), using NVIDIA TwinView, and it works in many ways, but there are a number of problems that means it's not too usable - the most important one being that there appears to be no way to control which of the displays new applications/windows will appear on. I mean, I don't necessarily need to be able to configure this or anything, but I would at least expect programs to open on the monitor that displaying the menu item or icon or terminal or whatever used for startup, but often they end up on the other one.
It's the window's manager job to do that using the XINERAMA X extension. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinerama
I knew that. The question is, do they? I mean "they" as in "the window managers supplied with CentOS 6"...
For example in centos 6 KDE the window manager redirects the new windows in the display that have the mouse in, so if I start an application and quickly enough move the mouse to the desired screen, the application window displays in that screen.
OK. So kwm or whatever it's called these days does the right thing then. Unfortunately, I'm using GNOME. I've tried both Metacity and Compiz on CentOS 5; the former appears to have *some* Xinerama support, but where it places new windows seems completely arbitrary. Compiz won't even start - it just tells me that Xinerama is not supported.
Thanks,
- Toralf
Lec
So I guess my question is, would upgrading to version 6 help?
- Toralf
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