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zerozerozero

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Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 5

[SOLVED]multiple instances of openbox

hello everybodu

i have two monter connected to my gforce 8600GT gfx card.i am using seperate X screen option in           "nvida-settings"  with xinerama enabled.the problem is that when i open a application say a terminal it pops up in the secondary screen when i want it to start in the primary screen . i dont want this to happen . I want two independent screen on each monter.

Before i was using fluxbox ,i had disabled xinerama optinon,this gave me two seperate desktops that were independent fo each other, but when i disable xinerama while running openbox the secondary screen goes blank whit the mouse coursor changing to a X.

please help

Last edited by zerozerozero (2009-08-19 11:57:38)

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: [SOLVED]multiple instances of openbox

Welcome to the forum, zerozerozero!

Which driver/kernel/xorg do you use ?

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zerozerozero

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Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED]multiple instances of openbox

@djszapi thankyou
i am using using nvidia driver , kernel : 2.6.30-ARCH and finally X.Org X Server 1.6.3.
do i need to post my xorg.conf and log file?

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: [SOLVED]multiple instances of openbox

Why do you need xinerama enabled at all?
Just enabled the monitor in nvidia-settings as a separate X screen and start openbox

DISPLAY=:0.1
exec /usr/bin/openbox

put that in your .xinitrc

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zerozerozero

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Registered: 2009-08-16

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Re: [SOLVED]multiple instances of openbox

@sandman
i used the following in my .xinitrc and everything seems to work fine

DISPLAY=:0.0
exec /usr/bin/openbox &
DISPLAY=:0.1
exec /usr/bin/openbox

but i remember reading someware that one is not supposed to have two exec in .xinitrc.