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cocteau

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Registered: 2014-11-01

Posts: 2

ratpoison: mutliple monitors using xrandr

On my laptop, I cannot use xorg.conf to configure the monitors because it is only read when the X server is started.

In i3, I can startx, open a terminal under i3, and issue, approximately:

xrandr --output INTERN_LCD --pos 0x0
xrandr --output ext1 --right-of INTERN_LCD
xrandr --output ext2 --right-of ext1

And each screen gets its own identifying number.  In twm, the same procedure results in ONE GIANT SCREEN FOR MANKIND.

When I do this in ratpoison and execute :nextscreen or :screen 1, the screen flashes "Current frame" on the internal LCD.  I admit that I am a noob at ratpoison: perhaps I need to define frames on the different screens or something?  I will learn faster once I can get this working.