zinc wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:02:09 +0200, Patryk wrote:

> Ive tried a few configs to get this to work but ony end up with the funky
> X mouse pointer on the second display. Mandrake can make this config out
> of the box and it works nicely, if i try to reuse the generated xorg.conf
> from mandrake it doesnt play nice with slack; although i'm now starting to
> suspect my WM (openbox) is the cause of the problem.
In Mandrake, do you also use openbox there?
I think WM is the problem, some don't manage with 2 displays.

> Do you have to compile openbox with xinermama support , i didn't note any
> switches in the readme and documentation on their website for dualhead
> config is little to none :/
The WM must support Xinerama or 2 screens.
I use KDE it has nice Xinerama support.
I like transparent menus and consoles too much ;-) and i have atlhlon 2500.

> It also puts pay to the annoying problem of firefox dialogues
> popping up between the displays rather than in the center of display :0 or
> whatever
I think it's related to WM rather than Xorg, you have to work on your WM
config.

Did you try TV out ? I can only make it to work on console framebuffer.

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Patryk