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List:       enlightenment-users
Subject:    Re: [e-users] Laptop multi-mon with E17
From:       Andrew Grimberg <tykeal () bardicgrove ! org>
Date:       2009-08-22 14:53:57
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Hmm... I suppose my primary problem is that I'm using Fedora 11 and they
now default to not creating an xorg.conf file at all.  I've managed (and
not easily) to get the dual screen working with issuing a series of
xrandr commands as for some reason it doesn't want to take a single
command set to get the monitors situated.

That all works (mostly) but then E doesn't seem to want to address both
monitors correctly.  Operations that are to be performed on "this
screen" or "this desktop" like setting wallpapers seems to want to
affect the primary (read the laptop) monitor only :(  While screen aware
gadgets (shelves and such) seem to work just fine.

I suppose I might try creating a config file, but I'm actually happier
without one as the monitor resolution autodetection is really what I
want.  I hook up to a lot of various sized monitors (I do some
traveling) so don't have a set docked (or undocked) configuration.

-Andy-

On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 12:45 +0100, Armindo Silva wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I you don't need to add stuff to your xorg, use this tool:
> http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/ and run disper -e when you have two
> screens and disper -s go to back..
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Fernando Meira <fmeira@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use a laptop in that same way and have no problems. Works fine
> > stand-alone
> > and docked with a different resolution monitor (than the laptop screen).
> > All I did was to set the video card in xorg.conf to twinview mode.
> > I think there was a Nvidia driver/tool that would create a similar
> > xorg.conf
> > automatically.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nando
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Andrew Grimberg <tykeal@bardicgrove.org
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings folks,
> > >
> > > I've got a "simple" issue with multi-mon on a new laptop using E17 on a
> > > Fedora 11 system.
> > >
> > > Perhaps it's just me, but I recently received a new laptop from my
> > > employer and I installed Fedora 11 on it.  Using the E17 packages
> > > provided by Dr. Kriehn I've got the system running E17, but I can't get
> > > it to deal with two monitors correctly.  It comes up mirrored initially
> > > and if I do anything to the screen resolutions it switches to just the
> > > laptop screen from then on.
> > >
> > > Gnome is having no problems with it, but even trying to force xrandr to
> > > change it's resolution settings directly I can't get it working.
> > > Additionally, the screen gadget doesn't seem to indicate that there is a
> > > second screen / allow me to modify the settings.
> > >
> > > I've got a full workstation at home running Fedora 10 with an older
> > > version of E17 on it (haven't updated in a while) and it works great
> > > there (two monitors, both same resolution), but my laptop is going to
> > > have resolutions all over the place.  Undocked, docked with 1 monitor,
> > > docked with 2 monitors, undocked with 1 monitor attached and each of
> > > those screens is going to be needing different resolutions.  Is this
> > > something that E17 can't do right now?
> > >
> > > If it's just something I'm failing to find and I've been looking, I
> > > would love to be pointed in the correct direction.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > -Andy-
> > >
> > >
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