1
1
I have both Gnome and KDE installed on my system. In Gnome I am able to split my desktop across my two monitors. When I go into KDE the monitors are cloned, and when I try to go into the multi-monitor settings, it says that its not able to do it.
Phenom
Posted 2010-08-08T19:44:53.903
Reputation: 6 119
0
i successfully used /usr/bin/krandrtray from the package "kdebase-workspace"
to manually set the position of the second monitor. 
.
i wonder if the program you used from within KDE was actually the one for gnome? i seem to recall that was my problem at first.
My box is CentOS6.4 gnome and KDE.
$ kded4 --version
Qt: 4.6.2
KDE: 4.3.4 (KDE 4.3.4)
KDE Daemon: $Id: kded.cpp 1031638 2009-10-05 16:59:11Z lunakl $
rjt
Posted 2010-08-08T19:44:53.903
Reputation: 878
1Some more information will be helpful; what linux distro are you using? Are you using Compiz? What kind of video card do you have? – Sam – 2010-08-08T21:22:17.957
Yeah, the extra information will be essential. I know that KDE is able to split its desktop over multiple monitors because that's the setup I have on the computer I'm currently using, but there's probably some configuration you'd have to change in order to do it, and that depends on your underlying hardware and software. – David Z – 2010-08-08T22:54:50.777
I'm using compiz in Gnome, not sure if it's on in KDE. I'm using an onboard video card which has two connections. It's an ATI Radeon HD 4200. – Phenom – 2010-08-09T10:35:46.667
using the open-source drivers, or fglrx? I'm not sure how well fglrx plays with xrandr. – sml – 2010-08-09T14:46:06.453
I'm using the open-source drivers. If I use fglrx then it will work but if I use fglrx then that causes other weird problems in Gnome. – Phenom – 2010-08-10T19:11:49.413