Dual Monitor - Different Resolutions - Separate Workspace - Hardy

[prepstyles]

Hello

I searched around a little but couldn't find a specific answer to my problem, apologies if this has been covered before.

I'm running:
Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS
Samsung SyncMaster 931bw (1440x900 wide)
NEC <something or other> (1280x760)

What I want to do is: have a different workspace with its own resolution on each monitor. The dual monitor setup on the Nvidia utility keeps trying to spread a single workspace across two monitors and makes a mess of the resolution.

Has anybody managed to map workspaces to a specific monitor while managing to keep them both independent resolution wise?

Cheers!

[kaiataris]

you should be able to do this with the nvidia settings tool...

sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

once it's installed you can find it under System>Administration
or you can run it via

sudo nvidia-settings

There's an section in the tool for multiple displays where you can pick Twinview or separate sessions

-Kai

[prepstyles]

you should be able to do this with the nvidia settings tool...

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

once it's installed you can find it under System>Administration
or you can run it via

Code:

sudo nvidia-settings

There's an section in the tool for multiple displays where you can pick Twinview or separate sessions

-Kai

I appreciate the reply:

I'd played with nvidia-settings but couldn't get exactly what I wanted.

What I want to do is map a workspace to each monitor.

That way I can right click the task bar and send programs to the other window in this way.

I've actually got it configured in a way that I don't' hate right now so that is nice; however, ideally I would like them mapped to the different work spaces ... I'm not even sure if that is possible or not though.

Regards.

[kaiataris]

ah I see, I don't think that's possible yet...I've got a geforce 7600 GT and both displays are locked to the same workspace. It is weird that it can see the separate monitors but merges them into one X screen.

You might be able to do what you want by making a custom xorg.conf file
that doesn't use twinview or xinerama, but then you'd probably lose the ability to have seperate resolutions and bitdepths for each monitor.

-Kai

[catmur]

Hi,

Did you ever find a solution to this?
I have the same issue. I'd like to get Desktop Cube and Rotate cube working on both screens..

I currently have 4 panels working fine on the left screen, but two on the right screen (monitors set up running separate X sessions). Any time i add a pannel, even when focus is on the right hand screen, it adds the panel to the left hand screen.

[arthur00]

Hi, I am also looking for a solution to this, I use my TV as my working screen and I like to have 4 panels =(

[arthur00]

I got it, using compiz fusion go to System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effect Settings then go to General Options->Desktop Size. There you can set your second window panels

[firfin]

Any time i add a pannel, even when focus is on the right hand screen, it adds the panel to the left hand screen.

You can drags the panels to where you want. Hold down the ALT key while dragging (in 9.10 at least)

[nodegamra]

I got it, using compiz fusion go to System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effect Settings then go to General Options->Desktop Size. There you can set your second window panels

Nice, that is what I needed.
Thanks!