[Discuss] NVidia 2 screen problem

[nuno at aeminium.org (Nuno Sucena Almeida)]

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On 09/10/2013 10:40 PM, David Kramer wrote:
> - Switching desktops switched both screens, so if I was watching
> mythfrontend on the TV and wanted to switch to another desktop on my
> monitor, the TV would switch away from mythfrontend too.  In order to
> fix that, I then had to configure mythfrontend to run in a window
> slightly smaller than the screen so I could get window decorations so I
> could then tell it to appear on all desktops, but it looked like crap
> not being full screen, and it was a lot of work to set that up each time

I'm using twinview with 2 monitors and an nvidia card. Using the xfce4
window manager, and running vlc on the left monitor, I can set the vlc
window to 'always visible on workspace', which will make it visible in
all workspaces when I switch to them . I tried to put vlc in fullscreen
(pressing f) which will remove all decorations and it still worked, ie,
would move when switching workspaces.

> - When I would launch new windows on my monitor, they would often appear
> on the TV.  This is especially true of new Chrome windows.  The problem
> here is when I'm not watching mythfrontend. my TV is usually turned off,
> so I don't see those windows.  I could not find a way to tell the app or
> X to stay on the one screen.

You can make your desired monitor as the primary monitor using the
nvidia configuration tool. The other is to configure your window manager
to open new windows on the screen that has the mouse, which also works
for me. Just tried with chrome too...

regards,
Nuno

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