I found this also to be the case. If you ldd `which xmonad`, it does not link against libxinerama.
$ ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/xmonad linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f1c000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e24000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb7e20000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7e1b000) libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7df6000) libgmp.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3 (0xb7db2000) librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb7da9000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c5a000) libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0xb7c58000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7c3f000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f1d000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7c27000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7c24000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7c1f000) A manually built xmonad (0.7) with manually built X11 Haskell bindings looks like: $ ldd /opt/wm/bin/xmonad linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f45000) libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb7f31000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7f23000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e3b000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb7e37000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7e33000) libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7e0e000) libgmp.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3 (0xb7dca000) librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb7dc1000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c71000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7c6e000) libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0xb7c6c000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7c54000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f46000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7c3c000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7c36000) ** Changed in: xmonad (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- xmonad does not have xinerama/twinview support - possibly a libgch6-x11 problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203594 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs