On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 11:01:55PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 05:25:06PM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > > On 10 November 2007 at 11:58, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > | On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 11:50:35AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > | > > > | > Hi all, > > | > > > | > Using the nice desktop-base package, I prettified my two-head desktop to > > | > greet me under kdm with the same theme as my laptop had. > > | > > > | > Unfortunately, on a dual-head machine (using nvidia and twinview, if that > > | > matters) the theme sticks only to one screen. I can't seem to find a hint to > > | > change that. Any ideas? > > | > > | please provide relevant data like: what hardware, contents of > > | xorg.conf. > > > > I think you misunderstand. Xorg.conf works as advertised -- I've had the dual > > heads for many months. > > > > But the 'theme for kdm' activated via desktop-base is only only screen 1 of 2 > > whereas screen 2 still has the default kde background. I would like the theme > > to extend to screen 1 and 2. > IIRC you may want xinerama set in xorg.conf. without it, each screen > will have its own theme setting but with it, 2 screens will be joined, > so it will cover both screens. > I think I read that right? That's how I understand it as well, hence my request for xorg.conf. Of course some of the WM's/DE's handle it differently. you either need xinerama (which may change the way the rig functions in other ways --like full screen stretching across both) or setting a theme for each display. DOn't know how to do that in kde. A
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