Re: FVWM: Hint on Xinerama, please!

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:55:41 -0400

"rocio barroso" <hvw59601_at_care2.com> writes:
> Hi all!
>
> I have 2 monitors hooked up to Debian. Normally I
> run Backstreet Ruby so 2 users can use the one
> system both with fvwm on their own X (and keybd
> and mouse)
>
> But one alternative is to use Xinerama with Fvwm.
> I have fvwm 2.4.16 from Debian that has Xinerama
> support.
>
> If I boot with the Xinerama Xserver layout, I get
> fvwm on both screens. True enough the man page
> says it will work "right out the box".
>
> But I cannot get anything to happen on the left
> screen. "Intuitively" (but my intuition is
> backwards) I would say: move the mouse to the
> left from the right screen and it appears on the
> left screen and then you can do what you want there.
>
> However, that doesn't happen, of course. Trying
> lines 4210-14 from the man page that say:
>
> XineramaSlsSize 2x1
> XineramaSlsOn
> XineramaPrimaryScreen 1
> XineramaOn
>
> gets:
>
> [FVWM.0][execute_function]: <> No such command
> 'XineramaSlsOn'
> [FVWM.0][execute_function]: <> No such command
> 'XineramaOn'

That appears to be a typo in the man page.

Try:

XineramaSls On
Xinerama On

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Dan Espen                           E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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