Re: SV: [gdm-list] Metacity dual screen problem with gnome and nvidia twinview (tv-out)

[Simon Bowden <simonb cse unsw EDU AU>]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 ulf ljungdahl ssabox com wrote:

> Ah, ok. I thought I start with the gdm-list since GDM spawns X11 and =
> chooses WM.
> Well, the scenario is this:
> 1. In an xterm om screen 0.0 (monitor) I do "export DISPLAY:0.1" and =
> then start mplayer with i.e. -fs param (full screen). This works =
> exellent and displays video on the TV in fullscreen mode.
> 2. Switch workspace on the monitor. This causes screen 0.1 (TV) to also =
> switch workspace (but only when mplayer is running there) and break =
> (minimize) mplayers fullscreen-mode. Very anoying. =)
> Having 4 workspaces on the TV seems pretty unecessary also.
>
> Hmmmm, maybe metacity uses something like "~/.xxxx/init" to, worth =
> checking.

I'm not familiar with metacity. Ask google about configuring it.
You could also try some gnome support channels, like #gnome on 
irc.gnome.org.

> Btw, whats the differens between fluxbox and metacity?

There are many differences... too many to try and enumerate. Perhaps the 
simplest is that they have different goals.

> And is fluxbox = "compatible" with the rest of the gnome-suite? (tried 
> to switch from = sawfish to some other WM a long time ago (before they 
> switched to = metacity) and gnome started to whine about things that it 
> didn't like)

I believe it's compatible, but I haven't tried... people in the #fluxbox 
IRC channel on irc.freenode.net are very helpful if you have problems.

Cheers,

 - Simon

> Thanks for the input
> Ulf
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> Hi Ulf,
>
> I can't speak for Metacity, but can speak for X/WMs in general (or =
> fluxbox
> specifically).
>
> It is the window manager that creates "workspaces" - they are purely
> virtual, think of them as just several sets of windows that are =
> displayed
> at the same time.
>
> So, it comes down to the window manager for linking them. I think I can
> fairly confidently say that it has nothing to do with gdm...
>
> I can speak for fluxbox, and say that workspaces on different X screens
> are treated separately, and you can have different numbers of workspaces =
>
> on each screen. I would expect other WMs to be the same, because
> you should use Xinerama if you want them treated identically.
>
> The part that puzzles me about your problem is this bit "but only if I
> have mplayer playing video there". What does it do if you don't have
> mplayer playing?
>
> To help determine where a bug/feature lies (e.g. in metacity or =
> mplayer),
> you can try swapping your window manager. If you try fluxbox, you can =
> edit
> the ~/.fluxbox/init file and change "session.screen1.workspaces" to 1.
>
> The only other real variable I can think is whether you are using
> xinerama, but if you're definitely using display ":0.1", then you're =
> not,
> so we can rule it out as a complication.
>
> So... that ramble is the best I can do, because I can't quite put =
> together
> the whole story of interaction between things, and the topic isn't =
> related
> to GDM.
>
> Cheers,
>
>  - Simon
>
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 ulf ljungdahl ssabox com wrote:
>
> > Please redirect me if this is the the wrong mailinglist.
> > I have eneabled twinview on my nvidia geforce 6800 in order to be able =
> =
> > to use screen :0.1 on my TV.
> > Everything works fine except the fact that metacity gets the 5 =
> > workspaces that I use both on my screen and TV.
> > Switching workspace on my monitor in some way switches workspace on =
> the =
> > TV too, but only if I have mplayer playing video there.
> > So I would like to use 5 workspaces on my monitor (screen :0.0) and =
> just =
> > one workspace on the TV (screen 0:1).
> > Is that possible to achive? And is it GDM, X11 or gnome that handles =
> =
> > that configuration?
> > I have googled my eyes red without finding any solution. Any hints =
> would =
> > be apriciated.
> >
> > regards
> > Ulf Ljungdahl
> >
> >
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