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jowilkin

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Registered: 2009-05-07

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GNOME dual monitors - different wallpapers? [Solved]

I run dual monitors in a GNOME environment, I do this using xrandr.  Gnome used to take the single wallpaper you specified and stretch it across both monitors.  My simple solution then to get two different wallpapers was to take two images (1280x1024 image, the resolution of my monitors) and paste them next to each other to form a 2560x1024 image and specify that as my wallpaper.

That worked perfectly until I believe it was GNOME 2.30, when it started to duplicate the specified wallpaper on each monitor instead of stretch it across both.  Does anyone know a good way to have different wallpapers on each screen??

Someone recommended a third party program which I can't remember the name of, but I tried it and it....sort of worked.  Settings would be forgotten on reboot, etc., not ideal at all.

Is anyone running heterogenous wallpapers in gnome right now with success?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by jowilkin (2010-06-08 14:38:40)

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: GNOME dual monitors - different wallpapers? [Solved]

Gnome can't. Compiz's wallpaper plugin can.

My personal opinion is that the wallpaper is pointless (not like I spend much of the day looking at it anyway, both screens are always full)

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o1911

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From: Hobart, Australia

Registered: 2009-04-28

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Re: GNOME dual monitors - different wallpapers? [Solved]

I used to do a very similar thing, but you'll be pleased to know that you may still use your old wallpapers.  Simply use the "span" style for your background in gnome's Appearance Preferences.

edit: To generate two backgrounds, the program I used was nitrogen, then I took a screenshot and saved it (you can turn off nautilus drawing the desktop icons and make the gnome panels "fold" off screen).

Last edited by o1911 (2010-06-07 08:44:52)

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jowilkin

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Registered: 2009-05-07

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Re: GNOME dual monitors - different wallpapers? [Solved]

Ahhhhh span is the option I needed.  Thanks o1911.  Marking as solved.