Mark,
I also use xinerama and fvwm, but I do not have these problems. At least I
don't have them when specific applications correctly support xinerama. For
example, mplayer works correctly for me not spanning both screens, but always
filling just the screen I want it to be on. This is because of two things.
First of all I run gentoo and I have the xinerama USE flag set. This means that
if there are any compile-time options to include or disclude ximerama support it
will always be included. Second, I pass the proper command line arguments and
have the correct configurations set for programs where this is an issue. For
example the very last line in my /etc/mplayer.conf is xineramascreen = 1. This
makes it so whenever I full screen mplayer it fills up only my second xinerama
screen, it works beautifully. Mplayerplug-in works the same way.
As far as writing an fvwm function which will correclty full screen any
application that will be difficult. I imagine you will have to write a seperate
function for each app to get it to move and resize exactly right depending on
which screen it is on. Your best bet is to use only programs which support
xinerama properly and to configure them to act accordingly.
Also, if you use NVidia twinview, which I do, then setting metamodes in your X
config is very important. I used to have only one mode so when I made games go
full screen they would stretch out across both screens. I created a metamode
which turned off my crummy monitor and only enabled my lcd. Now when I full
screen games at 1280x1024 my crt turns off and the game is correct.
I hope this helps. If you have any more specific questions just ask. You can see
my ever-changing fvwm config is at
http://apreche.net/~apreche/fvwm2rc.
-Scott Rubin
Mark wrote:
> Hi i was wondering if someone knew a nice way to fix a "Fullscreen" function
> that i have here.
>
> The function now as i have it (not written by me, taken from fvwm-crystal)
> basically just saves the current state of a window, moves it to the top left
> corner of the screen, and resizes to the max of the screen.
> After that some WindowStyle options are set.
>
> Since i am using Xinerama with these settings:
> XineramaSlsScreens 2 1280x1024+1280+0 1280x1024+0+0
> XineramaSls On
> XineramaPrimaryScreen 0
> Xinerama On
>
> It would be nice if the function:
> 1. Decides on what Xinerama the window resides and adjusts the Move command to
> move it to the top left corner of the Xinerama screen.
> 2. Fullscreens only within the XineramaScreen it is in.
>
> Unfortunately i have no idea how to do this.
> The Function(s):
> ###########
> DestroyFunc Fullscreen
> AddToFunc Fullscreen
> + I Fullscreen-Stop
> + I Current (!Maximizable) Break
> + I TestRc (False) Fullscreen-Start
>
> DestroyFunc Fullscreen-Start
> AddToFunc Fullscreen-Start
> + I Current (State 0) Break
> + I SetEnv OldX-$[w.id] $[w.x]
> + I SetEnv OldY-$[w.id] $[w.y]
> + I SetEnv OldWidth-$[w.id] $[w.width]
> + I SetEnv OldHeight-$[w.id] $[w.height]
> + I Move 0p 0p
> + I Resize 100 100 frame
> #+ I Layer 0 5
> + I WindowStyle NoTitle, !Borders, StaysOnTop, !Iconifiable, !Maximizable
> + I State 0 true
>
> DestroyFunc Fullscreen-Stop
> AddToFunc Fullscreen-Stop
> #+ I Current (!State 0) Break
> + I DestroyWindowStyle
> + I State 0 false
> #+ I Layer 0 4
> + I PipeRead "echo ResizeMove \\$\\[OldWidth-$[w.id]\\]p
> \\$\\[OldHeight-$[w.id]\\]p \\$\\[OldX-$[w.id]\\]p \\$\\[OldY-$[w.id]\\]p"
> ##########
>
> Perhaps someone could also tell me how to fix the following problem (The above
> is sort of a workaround for this problem):
> Programs that really support fullscreen like mplayer always fullscreen over
> both monitors..? How can i configure my setup so that these programs detect
> the correct width of the monitor there on ?
>
> All the xinerama stuff still behaves somewhat strange on my setup and i really
> don't understand why, other things i notice are:
> 1 mplayerplug-in: When embedded in a browser it shows half of the screen, only
> when I fullscreen/restore i see the whole "picture"
> 2 kcontrol (Desktop -> Panels) allows you to identify your xinerama screens,
> when I click "Identify" it shows the "1" in the center of the 2 monitors, and
> the "2" centered (like it should be) on the left/secondary monitor.
>
> Hope u have the awnsers !
>
> Mark
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