[openbox] separate xscreen

[Dana Jansens]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Christian Larsson <chl.tux at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have set up my lcd-tv as a separate x-screen using nvidia-settings.
> When I start openbox-session, openbox only starts at my first monitor. But
> when I then start openbox on the other screen using the DISPLAY: command
> openbox opens up on my tv.
>  But the resolution on of all the applications(like the fonts) are very
> small. Is there any way to fix this?

Set the DPI in your xorg.conf.

> Also, I have tried to enable xineramain nvidia-settings.Openbox then works
> as expected and all the applications gets the correct resolution.
>  But that setup does'nt behave as I like. First, if there already is a
> window on the desktop, openbox does'nt open new windows on the same desktop,
> it opens themon my tv.

You might want to look at the <monitor> option under <placement>.

http://git.icculus.org/?p=mikachu/openbox.git;a=blob;f=data/rc.xml;hb=3.4-working

> There are also some problem with windows maximizing on the wrong screen.

Afaik, windows should maximize on the same monitor as they currently
occupy.  Can you provide a reproducible  test scenario of the problem?