On Thu, 11 May 2017 07:31:57 +0300
Nick Koretsky <nick_koretsky@...> wrote:

> On Thu, 11 May 2017 02:03:51 +0300
> Nick Koretsky <nick_koretsky@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I decided to connect my TV as second monitor and am trying different
> > configurations. First i tried a "normal" xrandr approach and didnt liked
> > the result - no negative coordinates (0x0 is always a left most screen -
> > so i would have to learn to switch to left screen by moving mouse to the
> > right if i want my TV located physically to the left act as an secondary
> > monitor) and virtual desktops switching on both monitors (afaik trinity
> > have no support for separate virtual desktops in different monitors? i
> > hope i am wrong but doesnt looks so :( ). So i wanted to try a multiple
> > screens (in X sense) approach but hit a roadblock. As soon as i add 
> > Screen  1       "Philips" LeftOf "ZR24w"
> > line to my xorg.conf and do tdm-trinity restart i am greeted with "this
> > computer is locked enter password to unlock" on a TV and there is no
> > escape from it other than killing X. Entering password just make it
> > blink for a second and return back.
> > Can this be somehow avoided or trinity is incapable of working on
> > multiple screens?
> >   
> 
> 
> A little more info from some experimentation.
> I get the same "session locked" if i start a second x session via startx
> manually, but this time it can be unlocked. And i am presented with
> this "session locked" every time i switch between sessions. So i believe
> what is happening is that when i try to run multiple screens config is
> that it tries to lock my "inactive" screen constantly.
> So the real question is how to disable automatic locking of inactive X
> session? I looked in TDE Control Center but didnt found anything.
> 
> P.S. Reading logs - everything is the same as normal in all of them except
> XIO:  fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server
> ":0" after 113 requests (113 known processed) with 5 events remaining.
> at the end of tdm.log
> 
> 

OK, i made this work by removing kdesktop_lock executable (does this have
any hidden consequences?). Trinity is clearly multi-screens aware, it
maintains a separate panels/desktop configuration for a second screen, and
programs started from a menu invoked from second screen panel start on
a second screen. 

So far i like this way more than multiple monitors on a single screen.
Separate virtual desktops on each monitor are GREAT. Of course no problems
with 0:0 not on a main monitor. The only real drawback (apart from
inability to move windows between monitors) is that you cant have different
chrome or firefox windows on a different monitors without going different
profiles.



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  Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@...)