Xinerama mode [Re: using two monitors with XFce4]

[Benedikt Meurer]

>>>>>remco at mars remco]$ ls -lh /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.*
>>
>> >> > -rw-r--r--    1 root	 root	      5,3K Sep	5 21:59
>> >> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.a
>> >> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root	 root		16 Dec	1 20:02
>> >> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.so -> libXinerama.so.1*
>> >> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root	 root	      6,7K Dec	1 20:13
>> >> > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXinerama.so.1*
>> >> What happens when you delete the .so.1 file and the .so link? Does Xfce 
>> >> then startup correctly?
>> > 
>> > nope, same thing: xmessage telleng me the panel crashed.
>> 
>> Ok, then start a default xsession and launch the panel by hand using 
>> gdb. After the panel crashed, type bt and sent the output to the 
>> mailinglist.
> 
> 
> I couldn't start the panel in gdb, because it kept complaining about not being
> able to load the xinerama library: file or directory not found. Then it occured
> to me that it could very well be that the Xinerama lib needed to load something
> that was not there. I installed a few XFree libs (a.o. Xvfb and static libs),
> but xfce still would not start. Then I installed 2 GTK libs (linuxfb and the
> development libs) and TADA: xfce4 started in xinerama mode!
> 
> I suspect that Mandrake has a dependancy missing somewhere.
> 
> Anyway, I recompiled the lot again, just to make sure, and I like what I have
> sofar!

Maybe one should add this problem report to the FAQ.

> Thank you and Olivier for trying to help me out!

No problem.

> Cheers,
> Remco

Benedikt

[CC'd to xfce4-dev]

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