On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 10:54:53AM -0400, Andrew Lutomirski wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Rasto Sramek <rsra...@inf.ethz.ch> wrote: > >> AFAICT Zaphod mode is one device but multiple X servers (presumably > >> used independently by different people). I think very few drivers > >> support it these days. > > Well, whatever it is called, I am referring to the configuration when I > > have a single X server but multiple screens, like screen0 and screen1. > > > >> The modern approach is one "screen" divided among multiple monitors > >> using RandR. I'm not sure what fglrx and nvidia do. > > Anything can of course use RandR, however at least nvidia drivers > > support multiple screens. Afaik intel used to support it as well. > > With nvidia one simply declares 2 monitors, and 2 screens. > >> > >> In any case, switching workspaces the way you want would be a feature > >> of the window manager or compositing manager, not the driver. If you > >> use compiz + GNOME, try installing ccsm. Then look in Desktop Wall / > >> Viewport Switching and change the "Multimonitor behavior" setting. > >> (If you're on Fedora and you enable compiz through desktop-effects, > >> you'll need to modify /usr/bin/compiz-gtk like this: > > > > I use fluxbox which needs screen0 and screen1. I know that awesome is > > aware of xrandr and can simulate separate screen behavior but I do not > > know of other WMs that can do so. The reason I prefer having > > multiple screens is that it is in my view a simple and correct behavior > > which has worked for years. > > > > I think any modern WM should support xrandr. Also, that way you can > drag windows from one screen to the other. > > Or you could Google around for Xinerama -- that might help. > > --Andy
Thanks, but accoding to my searching around, the only non-tiling WM that supports this is Enlightment. Even compiz plugin suggested by you only works in multihead mode, which I cannot get with interl driver. How would xinerama help me I don't really know. Xinerama is a different way of causing the problem I want to avoid. All the best, Rasto (Sorry Andrew for wrong reply-to)
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