[openbox] dual monitors with different heights

[Jozef Riha]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Bernhard Stoeckner<elven at swordcoast.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:39:58 +0200
> Jozef Riha <jose1711 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Johan Vromans<jvromans at squirrel.nl>
>> wrote:
>> > Jozef Riha <jose1711 at gmail.com> writes:
>> >
>> >> hello, i'm using an X configuration with dual monitors: a laptop
>> >> screen and external monitor. vertical resolution of external
>> >> monitor is 1024, laptop is only 768. so i set virtual size to 1024
>> >> (greater value). in effect however on a laptop screen i get an
>> >> invisible area 256px high. is it possible to restrict mouse cursor
>> >> from entering this area (same as windows does it)?
>> >
>> > I hava a similar setup (1600x1200 next to 1280x1024). The pointer
>> > never goes anywhere where it is not on the screen. E.g. when it is
>> > at the bottom of the big screen, and I move it horizontally into the
>> > smaller screen, it appears at the bottom of the smaller screen.
>> > It never disappears.
>>
>> i'm very interested in your xorg.conf, hardware (drivers) as well as
>> any eventual scripts (xrandr?). cheers, joe
>
> Hi,
>
> I suspect the blank area comes from using xrandr.  On a similar setup,
> I had the same issue - on another setup with multiple heads that use
> xinerama, the pointer behaves like wanted.

yeah, could be. on the other hand xinerama is no longer supported..

>
> Regards.
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