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danvari

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Registered: 2007-08-14

Posts: 44

OpenBox + Twinview ?

Hey!

i want to connect my TV to watch movies. i configured my xorg.conf like this:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LPL"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     60.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LG TV"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 67.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce Go 7300"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
    Option   "DPI" "96 x 96"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce Go 7300"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: 1920x1080 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

for gnome and xfce4 it works like a charm, i does display another desktop on the TV and when i move the mouse to the right i can play movies and so on. but with openbox the TV sets the resolution correctly, but shows only the default cross-X cursor. it seems that openbox does not manage the second monitor. do you know how i can get openbox to mange the second one?

thank you!

edit:
sry i did not mean "twinview", it is a separated x-screen.

Last edited by danvari (2009-08-25 14:41:48)

BurntSushi

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From: Massachusetts

Registered: 2009-06-28

Posts: 362

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Re: OpenBox + Twinview ?

Yeah, at first I saw TwinView and I was stumped. Separate X screen though...

http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/He … screens.3F

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