Seperate X Sessions, Dragging Windows

dbdii407 · 2010-09-01 03:17:38

Is there /any/ way I can still move one window to the other monitor, with seperate X sessions? I mean, I can drag the mouse to the other monitor. I'll probably be told that it doesn't work like that and it can't be done. Thought I would ask, though.

I ask this because the gnome panel "Window Selector" knows which window it is on the seperate section.

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ngoonee · 2010-09-01 05:39:24

It can't be done. You could try googling Xinerama, but its deprecated and didn't work all that well in the first place.

Moving applications between X sessions is a complicated problem. Much more complicated than inter-app communication. Some apps (like GIMP) are specifically written to enable it, but almost all the rest aren't.

Inxsible · 2010-09-01 05:44:02

Any particular reason you are running separate X sessions?

Most times the answer is because they have two monitors. If so, you can simply use xrandr to setup the monitors and then you can drag windows from 1 monitor to the other.

ngoonee · 2010-09-01 13:42:30

Inxsible wrote:

Any particular reason you are running separate X sessions?
Most times the answer is because they have two monitors. If so, you can simply use xrandr to setup the monitors and then you can drag windows from 1 monitor to the other.

Or twinview via nvidia-settings if you're using nvidia

dbdii407 · 2010-09-01 15:30:02

Inxsible wrote:

Any particular reason you are running separate X sessions?
Most times the answer is because they have two monitors. If so, you can simply use xrandr to setup the monitors and then you can drag windows from 1 monitor to the other.

I do believe I mentioned that I had two monitors, I just don't think I mentioned how many I have.

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Inxsible · 2010-09-01 15:33:39

dbdii407 wrote:

Inxsible wrote:
Any particular reason you are running separate X sessions?
Most times the answer is because they have two monitors. If so, you can simply use xrandr to setup the monitors and then you can drag windows from 1 monitor to the other.
I do believe I mentioned that I had two monitors, I just don't think I mentioned how many I have. I have 2

If you read carefully, the question was not "how many monitors you have", but rather the reason why you were using separate X sessions.

ngoonee · 2010-09-01 22:49:52

To add on to what Inxsible said, please google the difference between separate X sessions and Twinview.

Skripka · 2010-09-01 22:56:30

ngoonee wrote:

Or twinview via nvidia-settings if you're using nvidia

My name is Skripka, and I endorse this post.

yabasta · 2010-09-02 05:50:10

but twinview doesnt give two seperate xwindow sessions

ngoonee · 2010-09-02 05:51:36

yabasta wrote:

but twinview doesnt give two seperate xwindow sessions

Let's start from the beginning, then. Why do you think you need separate xwindow sessions? I used them for a while, and I know the benefits, but my usecase isn't yours.

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