Re: no more Xinerama ?

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Die, 2003-01-21 at 16:14, Andreas Leitner wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 14:43, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Die, 2003-01-21 at 14:12, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > > 
> > > I just updated all (mainly gtk/gnome libs), and now it seems gtk2 and/or
> > > metacity don't handle Xinerama anymore: my edge panel spans both
> > > screens, and my menu panel is lost (I suppose it's in the unviewable
> > > part of my little screen).
> > > 
> > > After searching a bit, I found this:
> > > * debian/patches/001_gtk+-2.2.0-xinerama-pic.patch:
> > >     disabled Xinerama support until xlibs-pic has libXinerama_pic.a.
> > >     (closes: Bug#175923)
> > > 
> > > Any hope it'll be reenabled very soon ? My desktop is a mess right now.
> > 
> > See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=175996
> 
> Could it be that this bug: 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=177527
> Also depends on the bug mentioned above, or are they unlrelated?

I'd guess not, as you're not using Xinerama, but it's not impossible.
You could try libgtk2.0-0 2.2.0-1 or building the current version
without that patch?


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