Re: [dev] [dwm] multiple monitors, default window placement

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:37:23 +0200

Hi Martin,


On 20 August 2013 11:32, Martin Kopta <martin_AT_kopta.eu> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 10:15:43PM +0200, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> > On 29 July 2013 09:50, Martin Kopta <martin_AT_kopta.eu> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 06:59:34PM +0200, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> > >> Do you experience this with vanilla dwm from git? If not, then it
> > >> might help to see your rules declaration of config.h.
> > >
> > > Yes, I use newest vanilla dwm from git without any patches. My rules are empty:
> > >
> > > static const Rule rules[] = { { 0 } };
> > >
> > > Full config.h at pastebin [1]. Thank you for your time!
> >
> > This looks fine. Please also let me know if you use classic multiheads
> > or Xinerama, and if the latter one, let me know the xrandr output.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Anselm
>
> I use xrandr to make my setup. My current output of xrandr is:
>
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
> LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 293mm x 165mm
> 1366x768 60.0*+
> 1024x768 60.0
> 800x600 60.3 56.2
> 640x480 59.9
> VGA1 connected 1920x1080+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
> 1920x1080 60.0*+
> 1600x1200 60.0
> 1680x1050 60.0
> 1280x1024 75.0 60.0
> 1440x900 75.0 59.9
> 1280x960 60.0
> 1280x800 59.8
> 1152x864 75.0
> 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
> 832x624 74.6
> 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
> 640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
> 720x400 70.1
> HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>
> Used command is:
> static const char *mon3[] = { "xrandr", "--output", "LVDS1", "--auto", "--left-of", "VGA1", "--output", "VGA1", "--auto", NULL };
> { MODKEY, XK_F3, spawn, {.v = mon3 } },
>
> Currently, my primary output is LVDS1. If I move my mouse to VGA1 screen and
> even ensure by MOD+. (twice) it is actually selected and create new windows
> (st), it is created on LVDS1 instead of VGA1. Of course, I can change my
> primary output from LVDS1 to VGA1 using xrandr --primary, but then I have the
> opposite problem in some cases.

Thanks, I'm looking into the issue now. Watch out for changes in dwm.
Hopefully I can fix this.

Best regards,
Anselm
Received on Tue Aug 27 2013 - 20:37:23 CEST