Re: [wmii] Separate Wmii instances on Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead

How hard would it be to make wmii assign different tags to different
screens? I would guess the real problem would start when you move a
window from one screen to the next. It would have to change tags too.. :P

Bryan Peters wrote:
> ah thanks Alex, I'll try the latest and greatest. Thanks everyone
> for your assistance.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Alex Kilgore <adkilgore_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You would have to try a later version, 3.6 did not support xinerama, as it
>> is quite old, the support came much later.
>>
>> Bryan Peters wrote:
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>>> 3.6 in Ubuntu 8.04. �I tried it out on a single monitor on arch over
>>> the weekend and liked it and thought it would be great to use at work.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Thomas Gallen <kaori.hinata_AT_gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's strange. On my dual head setup each screen is separated by the
>>>> unmovable center line like I'd expect it to. Windows don't stretch
>>>> across the whole screen like they used to on older versions of Wmii.
>>>> Only across the screen on which they appear (initially).
>>>>
>>>> However, the idea of having different tags per screen has been attractive
>>>> to others on this mailing list before. Curious, what version of Wmii are
>>>> you using?
>>>>
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:19:22PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I honestly don't like the way it plays with Xinerama turned on.
>>>>> Windows auto stretch across both monitors and won't stick to one
>>>>> monitor. �Also the idea of having to windows with their individual
>>>>> tagging is appealing. � I initially got the idea from here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://osdir.com/ml/window-managers.wmii/2007-10/msg00050.html
>>>>>
>>>>> But that was 2 years ago I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kris Maglione <maglione.k_AT_gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:12:37PM -0400, Bryan Peters wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not quite sure what i'm doing wrong here. I want 2 separate instances
>>>>>>> of wmii running on my dual monitor setup. I'm not concerned about
>>>>>>> dragging windows from screen to screen, but I am concerned with each x
>>>>>>> server being able to accept my mouse and keyboard commands.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems no matter what I do, my Secondary screen on the right of me
>>>>>>> can interact fully with my mouse and keyboard, but the primary screen
>>>>>>> in front of me can only interact with the mouse. It will not accept
>>>>>>> any keyboard commands. And while the mouse can be dragged over to that
>>>>>>> screen, it will not click on 'nil'. Mod+P doesn't work on the primary
>>>>>>> screen to bring up dmenu, I can't open a terminal there, nothing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> wmii supports Xinerama. Is there some reason you can't use it instead?
>>>>>> There
>>>>>> used to be some measures in place to ensure that two instances would
>>>>>> cooperate, but since that setup doesn't get much use any more, they may
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> faded away a bit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Kris Maglione
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain.
>>>>>> � � � --Mark Twain
>>>>>>
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