Xinerama & debian binaries ?

[Peter Hyman]

On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 22:39 +0100, Olivier Fourdan wrote:

> Julien,
> 
> What you describe looks like a config problem in X, and is not related
> to xfce capability to manage Xinerama.
> 

If you want two asynchronous screens, try the following in your
~/.xfce4/xinitrc file

#!/bin/sh

big snip...

#OK here we go. The trick is to load the mcs manager and wm manager for
#each display 0.0 and 0.1.

This block loads the default window, usually 0.1
xfce-mcs-manager
xfwm4 --daemon

# now load display 0 applications
xftaskbar4&
xfdesktop&
#xfcalendar&
#xfce4-iconbox&
xfce4-panel&
# note the & at the end of the line. We need to keep going to
# load everything into the next window. If you forget the &
# then xfce4 will launch here, and when you quit, it will continue
# execution of this script!

# Load for Window 1!
# ah ha. Here we go for the second display.

export DISPLAY=:0.1

# load mcd manager wm manager
xfce-mcs-manager 
xfwm4 --daemon 

# now load display 1 applications
xftaskbar4&
xfdesktop&
#xfce4-iconbox&
xfce4-panel
# Note, no & at the end of the line above. This starts xfce4.

# note!!!!! when you make changes to the panel you MUST quit from
#the second panel loaded (display 1 in this case) otherwise all changes
#will be lost! You do not have to load two panels, although I do.

export DISPLAY=:0.0
#reset to default display. Not sure this is necessary though!?
# at least when the system stops, it will be back to where it
# started from

Good Luck!


-- 
Peter Hyman