Dual Monitors & Desktops
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TommyWillB
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That was one of the first things I tried. I even tried making a very wide image in Photshop thinking it would spread it across both screens, but that instead produced identical squished version on each.
There certainly seems to be no way to do it from the GUI... but maybe some person smarter than I will figure out how to hack some preferences file...
Also do a search here for "dual monitors" and you'll get several other threads covering various aspects of using dual monitors... (Which they said would not work in 10.0.0.)
There certainly seems to be no way to do it from the GUI... but maybe some person smarter than I will figure out how to hack some preferences file...
Also do a search here for "dual monitors" and you'll get several other threads covering various aspects of using dual monitors... (Which they said would not work in 10.0.0.)
StormSilver
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Okay, the thing that needs to be realized here is this: OS X is not finished! When you encounter something that doesn't work, or doesn't seem right, or whatever, it doesn't automatically mean that what you want to do isn't doable. It most likely means that Apple hasn't gotten around to putting that feature in yet. I'm almost dead positive that when they get around to it, Apple will put in different desktop pictures for monitors. However, I believe that getting the system running well takes precedence. 
jdog
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Originally posted by StormSilver
Okay, the thing that needs to be realized here is this: OS X is not finished! When you encounter something that doesn't work, or doesn't seem right, or whatever, it doesn't automatically mean that what you want to do isn't doable. It most likely means that Apple hasn't gotten around to putting that feature in yet. I'm almost dead positive that when they get around to it, Apple will put in different desktop pictures for monitors. However, I believe that getting the system running well takes precedence.
Did you read my last post? I CAN do a dual desktop setup with my PBG4 running OSX!!!!!!!!!
-jdog
TommyWillB
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With seperate images on each desktop?!?
Send us a screen shot!
BTW, I know that this is not a big issue, but I did submit it to Apple as a bug/feature request long before I ever mentioned it here.
Send us a screen shot!
BTW, I know that this is not a big issue, but I did submit it to Apple as a bug/feature request long before I ever mentioned it here.
tismey
Official Bartender
Tried that the other day, and it wasn't having any of it. Mind you, the other monitor was a telly, so it might have been down to the vastly differing resolutions.
BTW, I discovered that if you boot up in OS9 with something attached to yer S-ViDEO port and set up TV mirroring (to watch a DVD on your TV, for example), then shut down, unplug the S-VIDEO and restart in X, it carries on thinking that there are 2 monitors and moves things about accordingly. Rebooting into 9 without anything plugged into S-video automatically disables TV mirroring, and then you can boot back into X and everything's OK.
Am I the only person to discover this? Or am I just being stupid?
BTW, I discovered that if you boot up in OS9 with something attached to yer S-ViDEO port and set up TV mirroring (to watch a DVD on your TV, for example), then shut down, unplug the S-VIDEO and restart in X, it carries on thinking that there are 2 monitors and moves things about accordingly. Rebooting into 9 without anything plugged into S-video automatically disables TV mirroring, and then you can boot back into X and everything's OK.
Am I the only person to discover this? Or am I just being stupid?
kilowatt
mach-o mach-o man
On my beige G3, I've had two monitors running sence 10.0.0 (initial install). They are both ATI chipsets (on board video plus ATI Rage Orion PCI card).
I have the same desktop background (that is, wallpaper) on both heads. However, I can have different applications on different desktops, as well as run XDawrwin on one display and aqua on the other. (Basically, just like OS 9)
I really hope Apple makes the mods to allow different backgrounds on each monitor, too.
BTW, for you video-ram-heads, you can't have more than three displays running at 1600x1600. (Finder crashes or something because the variable for desktop size doesn't allow that big a number, so I've heard).
Has anyone tried a Voodoo 5 PCI yet? They are onsale for arround $90 at the local computer stoor.....
I have the same desktop background (that is, wallpaper) on both heads. However, I can have different applications on different desktops, as well as run XDawrwin on one display and aqua on the other. (Basically, just like OS 9)
I really hope Apple makes the mods to allow different backgrounds on each monitor, too.
BTW, for you video-ram-heads, you can't have more than three displays running at 1600x1600. (Finder crashes or something because the variable for desktop size doesn't allow that big a number, so I've heard).
Has anyone tried a Voodoo 5 PCI yet? They are onsale for arround $90 at the local computer stoor.....
TommyWillB
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Wow! 12 days...You must be a long way from home...
I'm just kidding. I'm only giving you a hard time, because I'd really like to see a capture of your entire 2-screen desktop.