[openbox] dual-head

[Dave Foster]

My personal preference for running dual heads without xinerama is my use
of virtual desktops.  On my secondary monitor I keep my irc/im/music,
and I want to see those apps always, no matter whats on the virtual desk
on the main monitor.  I don't minimize anything, I just wheel around my
virtual desks.  That's pretty much the reason.  I'd like to be able to
drag windows between the heads, but I actually don't mind it at all.

dave
daf at minuslab.net

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 20:29 -0500, John Russell wrote:
> I run xinerama at work and I really like it. What is the advantage of
> running dual heads without xinerama?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:21:20 -0500, Dave Foster <daf at minuslab.net> wrote:
> > I use a similar setup (mine involves minor trickery to get fbpanel to
> > work with the desktop setup properly), and I've not really experienced
> > any kind of problem like you've described here.
> > 
> > I'd still like to see openbox eventually get to manage multiple
> > (non-xinerama) heads, but it works fine for me now.
> > 
> > dave
> > daf at minuslab.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 18:01 -0700, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> > > On ven, 2004-12-03 at 19:29 -0500, David Courtney wrote:
> > > > This works for me.
> > > -snip-
> > >
> > > Do you not have problems with focus switching between windows in
> > > different monitors or root-context bindings?
> > >
> > > The biggest problems I've had with the above setup is:
> > > - windows on different monitors fighting over the focus, resulting in
> > > windows "flickering" as they trade the focus back and forth until one
> > > (randomly) wins)
> > > - actions such as show-client-menu, when triggered on one screen,
> > > popping up a menu on the wrong monitor.
> > 
> >