From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24523 invoked by alias); 9 Jan 2004 18:59:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 24509 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 18:59:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO main.gmane.org) (80.91.224.249) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 9 Jan 2004 18:59:42 -0000 Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Af1rC-00041W-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 19:59:42 +0100 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Af1rA-00041F-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 19:59:40 +0100 Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Af1rA-0006w0-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 19:59:40 +0100 From: Jack Tanner Subject: Re: Configuration for multiple monitors Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:59:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <1073640179.8704.4.camel@famine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 In-Reply-To: <1073640179.8704.4.camel@famine> X-SW-Source: 2004-01/txt/msg00180.txt.bz2 List-Id: =C3=98yvind Harboe wrote: > perhaps the below should *always* be TRUE and there shouldn't be=20 > an option at all? No, I'd like -nomultiplemonitors to exist. I have two monitors, but the second is usually turned off. Various X=20 client dialog boxes and application windows usually come up in the=20 center of my desktop, which means half on one monitor, and half on the=20 other. If that weren't annoying enough, it makes life sheer hell when=20 one monitor is turned off! This is why I do not use -multiplemonitors, even though I /have/=20 multiple monitors. Even when both monitors are turned on, it's plenty to=20 have one for X apps, and another for regular Windows apps. Granted, the real solution to this issue would be to play nice with=20 nVidia's nView software. It offers these modes for dual-monitor work=20 (the following is copied verbatim from nView on-line help; the mode I=20 use is Dualview, which I believe is nVidia's default): Single Display. Only one of your connected displays is used. Clone. Both displays in the display pair show images of the same desktop. Horizontal Span. Both displays in the display pair behave as one wide=20 virtual desktop. The width of each display is half the width of the=20 total virtual desktop width. Vertical Span. Both displays in the display pair behave as one tall=20 virtual desktop. The height of each display is half the heiht of the=20 total virtual desktop height. Dualview. Both displays in the display pair behave as one virtual=20 desktop. Unlike Horizontal or Vertical Spanning mode, Dualview treats=20 ach display as a separate device. This means that the task bar will not=20 be stretched across displays and 3D applications are not accelerated as=20 efficiently if the application Spans displays. -JT