Is ANYONE using separate X screens?
Posted: 2016/12/10 15:33:44
On CentOS 6 (Ubuntu 9.10 before that) I am running separate X screens on my two monitors with an nVidia card. I have also run on an ATI card in the past. Each monitor acts independently. That is, if I launch a program from the panel on the left monitor, it displays on the left monitor. If I launch from the panel on the right monitor it displays on that monitor. I can NOT mover applications between monitors - which is fine. Most importantly I can change workspaces INDEPENDENTLY on each monitor.
On CentOS 7... I am having a hard time and it is getting worse. Early in the year I had it working reasonably well. By summer the updates had killed the desktop background on the second monitor (X screen 1) but I could still launch an application from the panel on the monitor and it would run there. I just did another install and regardless of which panel I launch from the program runs on X screen 0.
Here is what I have installed:
CentOS 7 minimal, enabled CR repo and updated
Added epel, elrepo and nux-dextop repos.
yum priorities CentOS 1, elrepo 5, epel 10, nux 15
groupinstall "X Window system"
groupinstall mate-desktop-environment
I am using this configuration on several single monitor systems with great results. On my main dual monitor PC - NOT! I am hoping to find someone ACTUALLY running separate X screens on CentOS 7 successfully. I do not really care about the desktop - simple is better which is why I am running Mate but I am open to something else. HELP! Please!!
TIA,
Ken
On CentOS 7... I am having a hard time and it is getting worse. Early in the year I had it working reasonably well. By summer the updates had killed the desktop background on the second monitor (X screen 1) but I could still launch an application from the panel on the monitor and it would run there. I just did another install and regardless of which panel I launch from the program runs on X screen 0.
Here is what I have installed:
CentOS 7 minimal, enabled CR repo and updated
Added epel, elrepo and nux-dextop repos.
yum priorities CentOS 1, elrepo 5, epel 10, nux 15
groupinstall "X Window system"
groupinstall mate-desktop-environment
I am using this configuration on several single monitor systems with great results. On my main dual monitor PC - NOT! I am hoping to find someone ACTUALLY running separate X screens on CentOS 7 successfully. I do not really care about the desktop - simple is better which is why I am running Mate but I am open to something else. HELP! Please!!
TIA,
Ken