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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Window placement in multiple monitor systems
From:       Cristian Tibirna <tibirna () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-10-13 2:19:52
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On  Thursday 12 October 2000 10:40, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Could someone give a small explanation (and config files) how to enable KDE
> 2 to work with Dual head setup please? I have G400 at home and I really
> would like to use KDE 2.0 on both screens..
>

Unfortunately, at this moment, thorough dual head (or multi head for that 
matter) support doesn't exist in KDE. The only way this functions is with 
Xinerama, the XFree86 specific extension that makes possible to use many 
(XLib)Screens of a (XLib)Display as if they were concatenated into one single 
screen.

Activating Xinerama in XFree86-4.X automatically makes KDE work on all 
displays.


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Cristian Tibirna     : ctibirna@total.net     : www.total.net/~ctibirna
PhD Student          : ctibirna@gch.ulaval.ca : web.gch.ulaval.ca/~ctibirna
KDE contact - Canada :  tibirna@kde.org       : www.kde.org

> Thanks,
> Hetz
>
> Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> > On  Wednesday 11 October 2000 22:58, Paritosh Patel/West Palm Beach/IBM 
wrote:
> > > I am running KDE with monitors so that the KDE desktop spreads onto
> > > both of them. When I start most applications, KDE places them in the
> > > middle of the desktop. On multiple monitors, this means that part of
> > > the window is on the left monitor and the other part on the right. It
> > > would be nice if KDE took acount of multiple monitors and tried to
> > > place the window such that it is entirely on one monitor (when ever
> > > possible).
> >
> > What KDE you're using? What window placement policy you're using? Only
> > ill-behaved applications place their main windows in the middle of the
> > screen. It's typical for splash logos to be pasted in the middle of the
> > screen, but I don't think those count, as they dissapear fast.
> >
> > Your problems are explainable by the fact that no "Xinerama" support work
> > was conducted on KDE.
> >
> > --
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> > PhD Student          : ctibirna@gch.ulaval.ca :
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