I'm not sure what setup you have, but I can use tools inside gnome to specify where each display sits (Preferences > Display). Intel graphics, dell laptop, using inbuilt lcd panel and external 22 inch lcd over vga. This is using Fedora 12. I imagine most setups don't yet work this easily in linux. Cheers, Dan On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In case anyone else can benefit from this... I just spent 2-3 days > hacking on the X server to get a screen to the left of the main screen > working with Xinerama (no, I can't use Xrandr). Here's the patch > (yes, I'll mail it to xorg too). > > --- xorg-server-1.7.5/dix/events.c 2010-02-28 20:41:58.000000000 -0500 > +++ xorg-server-1.7.5.dj/dix/events.c 2010-02-28 20:56:52.000000000 -0500 > @@ -765,5 +765,5 @@ > if (pSprite->hotShape) > ConfineToShape(pDev, pSprite->hotShape, &new.x, &new.y); > - if ((pScreen != pSprite->hotPhys.pScreen) || > + if ((noPanoramiXExtension && (pScreen != pSprite->hotPhys.pScreen)) || > (new.x != pSprite->hotPhys.x) || (new.y != pSprite->hotPhys.y)) > { > @@ -1164,6 +1164,6 @@ > } > #endif > - pSprite->hotPhys.x = event->root_x; > - pSprite->hotPhys.y = event->root_y; > + pSprite->hotPhys.x = (signed short)event->root_x; > + pSprite->hotPhys.y = (signed short)event->root_y; > /* do motion compression, but not if from different devices */ > if (tail && > @@ -1314,5 +1314,5 @@ > syncEvents.replayDev = (DeviceIntPtr)NULL; > > - w = XYToWindow(replayDev, event->root_x, event->root_y); > + w = XYToWindow(replayDev, (signed short)event->root_x, (signed short)event->root_y); > for (i = 0; i < replayDev->spriteInfo->sprite->spriteTraceGood; i++) > { > @@ -2821,6 +2821,6 @@ > } > > - pSprite->hot.x = ev->root_x; > - pSprite->hot.y = ev->root_y; > + pSprite->hot.x = (signed short)ev->root_x; > + pSprite->hot.y = (signed short)ev->root_y; > if (pSprite->hot.x < pSprite->physLimits.x1) > pSprite->hot.x = pSprite->physLimits.x1; > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines