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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Hello, Seems like xfwm4 is the culprit, metacity handles xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1280x800 xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x800 --right-of LVDS just fine On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Alex Deucher <alexdeuc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Adam GROSZER <agroszer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 12/18/2012 08:44 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Adam Groszer <agroszer...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to use an android tablet as a secondary monitor for my laptop. >>>> Secondary monitor as one physical would be plugged into the VGA port. >>>> Googling resulted in no concrete solution. >>> >>> >>> Does the tablet have a VGA input port and can it act as a monitor or >>> are you asking about using it as a virtual second monitor? If the >>> latter, you can probably play with xdmx assuming you can get an >>> xserver running on the tablet, however, there's no real official >>> solution that I know of. Anything will basically be a hack. >>> >>> Alex >> >> >> No VGA, I definitely need it as virtual, any communication can go only over >> TCP/IP. >> >> There's an xserver for android, but it's rather incomplete. >> Starting xfwm4 with it burps a lot of errors. >> As it looks the most solid way to mirror a screen to a tablet is vnc. >> >> The question is, how to create the secondary headless virtual monitor with >> X. I'm lost there. >> (Maybe I'll force with xrandr to display that secondary on the VGA against >> no real monitor connected. >> Something along: >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2009-October/004531.html >> or >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/150879/can-i-force-vga-signal-output-even-when-xrandr-shows-disconnected >> Because what I actually want is like having a second monitor, but it's >> "attached" via vnc-TCP/IP) >> > > As I said, originally, you need something like xdmx: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xdmx > It's basically a proxy xserver that connects to xservers on multiple > boxes and presents the result as a single xserver. > > Alex > >>> >>>> >>>> With some help of a friend, the http://pastie.org/5548492 script kind >>>> of works. (on xubuntu 11.10) >>>> Problems: >>>> - the XFCE top panel gets extended to the "tablet monitor" >>>> - the mouse pointer cannot enter the "tablet monitor" >>>> - both above together cause the panel to be inaccessible >>>> >>>> Any pointers are welcome, how to solve this. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Adam >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Adam GROSZER >> -- >> Quote of the day: >> It's hard to remain true to a changing self. -- Best regards, Adam _______________________________________________ xorg@lists.x.org: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: arch...@mail-archive.com
