[openbox] Fighting Gnome

Folderol folderol at ukfsn.org
Sun Oct 14 12:29:06 EDT 2012


On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:06:54 +0200
Johan Vromans <jvromans at squirrel.nl> wrote:

> I hope somebody can help me with the following problem.
> 
> I'm running OpenBox on Fedora 17, using GDM + Gnome/OpenBox session.
> 
> I have two monitors, a 1600x1200 CRT (primary) and a 1024x768 LCD
> (secondary), connected to an nVidia card. The two monitors are
> independent (:0.0 and :0.1). The secondary monitor is switched off most
> of the time.
> 
> Technically, this setup works as I want. I have been using this setup
> for years. Recently I removed the proprietary nVidia driver and started
> using the standard nouveau driver, since it has been much enhanced
> lately. So far no problems.
> 
> When I stop working for a longer while I switch off the CRT since it
> consumes a substantial amount of energy.
> 
> The problem is that when I switch on the CRT later to resume working,
> the monitor size has been put back to 1024x768 and the desktop has been
> rearranged accordingly. Also, the background image is restored to the
> Gnome default -- one of the reasons I suspect Gnome.
> 
> I've googled and looked in system files and settings but there's nothing
> I could find to help me solve this problem. I hope anyone reading this
> can give me some useful suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Johan

Try using just the Openbox session instead of Gnome/Openbox. That's what I use
with Rox Filer

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