Re: [dwm] DWM 5.3.1 and Xinerama

On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 23:12:55 -0800
Donald Chai <donald.chai_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:32 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 01:14:45 -0500
> > Jeremy Jay <dinkumator_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If you are using a recent version of xorg, and don't have your screen
> >> resolution hardcoded in xorg.conf, it should be autodetected. For
> >> example, the last time I had to do a presentation, I plugged in the
> >> projector, restarted X, and it auto-detected the right resolution to
> >> use.
> >>
> >> Jeremy
> >
> > Yeah I think its quite recent. I'm using debian lenny and xorg 7.3 and
> > xserver-xorg-core 1.4.2.
> >
> > I will try what you said and restart xserver...And how does dwm behave
> > in this case? does it just mirror the screen?
>
> BTW, restarting X is not necessary: the *whole purpose* of Xrandr is
> to avoid doing this. Just plug in your external display and run
> "xrandr --output VGA --auto" or whatever your external display is
> called. dwm is already set up to receive configure events, and will
> do The Right Thing.
>

Really? But I thought DWM used Xinerama and not xrandr?
Received on Sun Dec 07 2008 - 08:21:44 UTC