Re: Software Update for X11

Subject: Re: Software Update for X11

From: Phil Lavery <email@hidden>

Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 18:09:46 +0000

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To get X11 windows to span displays you can use another window manager - twm is already installed by default and supports this... but, fvwm is much nicer ... but will require a download and compile. To see if this solves your problem just edit your .xinitrc file ... below is a copy of mine which also sets a black desktop... comment out or change the last line

exec quartz-wm

to be

exec twm

and then fire up x11... you should now have a window that will stretch across multiple monitors...

I do side by side stereo projection and have not been able to use quartz since 10.3.4 ... nice to hear that this problem has finally been resolved.

rgds

Phil

#!/bin/sh

# $Id: xinitrc,v 1.2 2003/02/27 $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources

usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap

sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources

sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then

xrdb -merge $sysresources

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then

xmodmap $sysmodmap

if [ -f $userresources ]; then

xrdb -merge $userresources

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then

xmodmap $usermodmap

# start some nice programs

xterm &

# start the window manager

/usr/X11R6/bin/xsetroot -solid black &

# exec quartz-wm

exec twm

On 2 Nov 2006, at 17:27, Ryan Dionne wrote:

It appears to fix the problem where the windows can only be as large as your largest display! Finally, X11 windows across multiple displays. At least this is the case on my PowerBook G4 with a 23" Cinema attached. Any ideas on how to get this working with 10.3.9?

Thanks,
+R
--
Ryan Dionne
System Analyst 16800 Greenspoint Park Dr.
GeoCenter, Inc. Suite 100-S
(281) 443-8150 Houston, TX 77060

On Nov 2, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Brad Crittenden wrote:

i just noticed Apple has a new version of X11 out via Software Update.

Has anyone tried it yet? Does it include the Intel "yellow cursor" fix? I'm leery of installing it only to find it breaks the hack and the old hacked version is no longer compatible.

--Brad
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