From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 22 23:53:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1313D106566B for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:53:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C64EB8FC0A for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:53:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-124-250.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.124.250]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23C722524E; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:53:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id q3MNr7Fe001933; Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:53:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:53:07 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Kenneth Hatteland Message-Id: <20120423015307.91d26d6c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4F93EEE3.5040809@kleppnett.no> References: <4F93EEE3.5040809@kleppnett.no> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual monitors ok, but no mouse and keyboard action on the slave screen X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:53:10 -0000 On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:43:31 +0200, Kenneth Hatteland wrote: > I`ve gotten a 17 inch monitor in addition to my 22 inch working with 2 > separate desktops. I plan to have stuff like wireshark etc on the > smallest. But I have a problem, I can get no work done since I have no > mouse or keyboard working on the 17"... > > Anyone have somewhere with a solution to point me towards ? There are basically two kind of two-monitor settings: One is to have the WM manage them, the other one is to "concatenate" them to one "logical screen". I've been using the "concatenated screen" with two 21" CRTs, each running at 1400x1050, so the result was a 2800x1050 ultra extended extraordinary super hyper big wide screen. :-) You can configure this in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf (which you can have X auto-generate). For example, "ServerLayout" could contain Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0" Option "Xinerama" "on" Then add the two "Monitor" sections according to the screen parameters (in my case, identical data). In the final "Screen" section, you can then experiment with Option "TwinView" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT" depending on your actual connection setup. You can find more inspiration here: Dual head issues, non-xinerama setup possible? http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11567 Dual monitor setup http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2005-January/005613.html Dual monitors xorg.conf http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-May/087929.html Using two monitors with X.org http://www.freebsddiary.org/xorg-two-screens.php Many things to consider depend on your actual setting (which hardware you have, what WM you use and which behaviour you want). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...