X is joining my two monitors into one big screen w Xmonad - how to avoid id?
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When I use i3 or Gnome, each monitor gets a workspace/desktop, but under XMonad my laptop screen and the external monitor get joined as one big screen (as show by xdpyinfo)
How can I configure X to use two screens and not one?
linux xmonad x
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When I use i3 or Gnome, each monitor gets a workspace/desktop, but under XMonad my laptop screen and the external monitor get joined as one big screen (as show by xdpyinfo)
How can I configure X to use two screens and not one?
linux xmonad x
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
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asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
the correct term isextending the desktopacross multiple monitors ...... do a google search on that .... there should be multiple tutorials about enabling the option and also disabling the option
– jsotola
Jan 24 at 2:59
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When I use i3 or Gnome, each monitor gets a workspace/desktop, but under XMonad my laptop screen and the external monitor get joined as one big screen (as show by xdpyinfo)
How can I configure X to use two screens and not one?
linux xmonad x
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
3286
asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
When I use i3 or Gnome, each monitor gets a workspace/desktop, but under XMonad my laptop screen and the external monitor get joined as one big screen (as show by xdpyinfo)
How can I configure X to use two screens and not one?
linux xmonad x
linux xmonad x
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
3286
asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
3286
asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
3286
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
3286
edited Jan 24 at 4:14
Ed Grimm
3286
3286
asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
asked Jan 24 at 1:05
blue-dinoblue-dino
63
63
the correct term isextending the desktopacross multiple monitors ...... do a google search on that .... there should be multiple tutorials about enabling the option and also disabling the option
– jsotola
Jan 24 at 2:59
add a comment |
the correct term isextending the desktopacross multiple monitors ...... do a google search on that .... there should be multiple tutorials about enabling the option and also disabling the option
– jsotola
Jan 24 at 2:59
the correct term is
extending the desktop across multiple monitors ...... do a google search on that .... there should be multiple tutorials about enabling the option and also disabling the option– jsotola
Jan 24 at 2:59
the correct term is
extending the desktop across multiple monitors ...... do a google search on that .... there should be multiple tutorials about enabling the option and also disabling the option– jsotola
Jan 24 at 2:59
add a comment |
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Thank you for telling me about XMonad. It looks like an interesting window manager to try. As I've only just learned of when you posted yesterday, and I don't have a dual monitor configuration, I would not normally answer this, but it's been a day, so I figured I'd at least have something of an answer.
Consulting its documentation at https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions, I found a link to https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.15/docs/XMonad-Layout-IndependentScreens.html which apparently tells you how to actually do what you want.
You need to add something like the following to your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file:
import XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
myConfig = def workspaces = withScreens 2 ["name1", "name2"]
After that bit, that page further goes on to explain how to set up keybindings to refer to the individual workspaces. Apparently there's a line in the default config file for keybindings that says
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
and this will need to be changed to
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ onCurrentScreen f i)
That is as much as I can make out of that page without actually having used any of it.
answered Jan 25 at 1:25
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Thank you for telling me about XMonad. It looks like an interesting window manager to try. As I've only just learned of when you posted yesterday, and I don't have a dual monitor configuration, I would not normally answer this, but it's been a day, so I figured I'd at least have something of an answer.
Consulting its documentation at https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions, I found a link to https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.15/docs/XMonad-Layout-IndependentScreens.html which apparently tells you how to actually do what you want.
You need to add something like the following to your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file:
import XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
myConfig = def workspaces = withScreens 2 ["name1", "name2"]
After that bit, that page further goes on to explain how to set up keybindings to refer to the individual workspaces. Apparently there's a line in the default config file for keybindings that says
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
and this will need to be changed to
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ onCurrentScreen f i)
That is as much as I can make out of that page without actually having used any of it.
answered Jan 25 at 1:25
Ed GrimmEd Grimm
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Thank you for telling me about XMonad. It looks like an interesting window manager to try. As I've only just learned of when you posted yesterday, and I don't have a dual monitor configuration, I would not normally answer this, but it's been a day, so I figured I'd at least have something of an answer.
Consulting its documentation at https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions, I found a link to https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.15/docs/XMonad-Layout-IndependentScreens.html which apparently tells you how to actually do what you want.
You need to add something like the following to your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file:
import XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
myConfig = def workspaces = withScreens 2 ["name1", "name2"]
After that bit, that page further goes on to explain how to set up keybindings to refer to the individual workspaces. Apparently there's a line in the default config file for keybindings that says
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
and this will need to be changed to
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ onCurrentScreen f i)
That is as much as I can make out of that page without actually having used any of it.
answered Jan 25 at 1:25
Ed GrimmEd Grimm
3286
add a comment |
Thank you for telling me about XMonad. It looks like an interesting window manager to try. As I've only just learned of when you posted yesterday, and I don't have a dual monitor configuration, I would not normally answer this, but it's been a day, so I figured I'd at least have something of an answer.
Consulting its documentation at https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions, I found a link to https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.15/docs/XMonad-Layout-IndependentScreens.html which apparently tells you how to actually do what you want.
You need to add something like the following to your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file:
import XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
myConfig = def workspaces = withScreens 2 ["name1", "name2"]
After that bit, that page further goes on to explain how to set up keybindings to refer to the individual workspaces. Apparently there's a line in the default config file for keybindings that says
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
and this will need to be changed to
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ onCurrentScreen f i)
That is as much as I can make out of that page without actually having used any of it.
answered Jan 25 at 1:25
Ed GrimmEd Grimm
3286
Thank you for telling me about XMonad. It looks like an interesting window manager to try. As I've only just learned of when you posted yesterday, and I don't have a dual monitor configuration, I would not normally answer this, but it's been a day, so I figured I'd at least have something of an answer.
Consulting its documentation at https://wiki.haskell.org/Xmonad/Frequently_asked_questions, I found a link to https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.15/docs/XMonad-Layout-IndependentScreens.html which apparently tells you how to actually do what you want.
You need to add something like the following to your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file:
import XMonad.Layout.IndependentScreens
myConfig = def workspaces = withScreens 2 ["name1", "name2"]
After that bit, that page further goes on to explain how to set up keybindings to refer to the individual workspaces. Apparently there's a line in the default config file for keybindings that says
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ f i)
and this will need to be changed to
[((m .|. modm, k), windows $ onCurrentScreen f i)
That is as much as I can make out of that page without actually having used any of it.
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the correct term is
extending the desktopacross multiple monitors ...... do a google search on that .... there should be multiple tutorials about enabling the option and also disabling the option– jsotola
Jan 24 at 2:59