[openbox] Can't get Xinerama to work

psi at dhoffryn.merseine.nu psi at dhoffryn.merseine.nu
Wed Aug 20 13:02:08 EDT 2003


On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 12:52:53PM -0400, Ben Jansens wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 09:20:12AM +0200, psi at dhoffryn.merseine.nu wrote:
> > I'm having some problems getting xinerama to work in ob3 alpha 5.
> > For some reason my second monitor stays gray and has that familiar cross
> > as a pointer. I suppose that means openbox isn't handling that screen at all.
> > It's notable that it works perfectly in openbox 2 and also in ion.
> 
> As far as I can see you're not using Xinerama, but 2 screens instead.
> 
> Ben
Yeah, thanks. I tried startx -- +xinerama, and it works now.
I didn't know you had to do that. I can actually move windows between the 
screens now, cool :P

Simon



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