[GRLUG] Dual Monitor - Control Display

[Ben Rousch]

Just a note: as of 2005 Galeon is no longer in development; Epiphany is its
suggested replacement.
http://gnomedesktop.org/node/2450

On Jan 8, 2008 11:21 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 8, 2008 9:35 AM, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to use a micro distro, like damn small linux, to run a
> display
> > that would open a different html window (or program window) on each
> monitor
> > in kiosk mode. On Windows, I accomplish this with the Matrox software.
> >
> > How do I accomplish this with linux?
> >
> > I would love to have a live cd, that would run the display automatically
> on
> > startup.
> >
> > Any pointers?
>
> You could take a tiling window manager like wmii or ion3, and use its
> configuration file to spawn browsers on each screen.  I don't know
> that Firefox would work, though; You'd need a browser that would spawn
> a second window when the command is run twice.  Of course, nothing
> prevents you from runing Firefox on one screen, and any other
> Gecko-based browser (e.g. Galeon) on the other.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager
>
> You're likely going to need to fiddle with the X configuration,
> though, in order to predict which screen goes on which monitor.  Have
> you given much thought to input devices?  Or is that not a factor?
>
> --
> :wq
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