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pinkfish

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 3

XFCE + dual monitor setup question

Hi,

I just used the wiki guides to install arch and xfce, the desktop is extended horizontally on my 2 monitors, I used aticonfig.
the problem is if I start a an application in 1 monitor I cannot drag it to the 2nd monitor, how do I achieve that?

thx.

pinkfish

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 3

Re: XFCE + dual monitor setup question

bump? anyone plz?

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 815

Re: XFCE + dual monitor setup question

Did you try searching the forum and wiki for dual monitor set ups + xfce itself?  I'd recommend reading the ATI docs for a start and check the xfce website and the arch wiki itself, in that order.

Also, bumping a thread on the same day you posted it is considered rude by most forum standards of etiquette.  That could be one reason why no one else has answered you.

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: XFCE + dual monitor setup question

I believe if they are separate X screens you cannot move windows between the two.
You need to use Xinerama or TwinView

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pinkfish

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 3

Re: XFCE + dual monitor setup question

acknowledged moonswan.
i did try the aticonfig 'bigdesktop' option, but i still cannot move windows across screens, maybe i messed it up, anyway will check in the suggested places, thx, and again sorry for 'breaking the etiquette'

MoonSwan

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From: Great White North

Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 815

Re: XFCE + dual monitor setup question

@pinkfish, re etiquette, don't worry too much about it.  I've seen worse and at least you're willing to take advice and a bit of constructive criticism.  Some people I have seen on forums immediately fire a shot over the bow, to use a naval phrase, thinking they need to defend themselves from other forum citizens.

I meant to ask, are you trying to get one big desktop then or a "true" dual monitor (separate x-session) situation?  You might want to try one then the other.  I know when I had an ATI card I found it difficult, if not impossible, to get dual monitors working properly yet the big desktop option did work on most systems.

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I'm torn apart between worlds. Basically, using vim in a highly visual environment with a lot of mouse features feels like soldering a lose wire to a motherboard with a Zippo and a needle, while working with ANY TEXT AT ALL with a "modern GUI" text editor feels like joining the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Magical Musical Mirror.  --Awebb