Split a physical X display into two virtual displays?

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Solution 1

The behavior you want to control (how windows behave) is controlled by the window manager, which gets its information from the server's XRandR extension. Neither of these are likely to have any "hooks" that will let you alter anything. This reduces you to hacking the source. Altering what the server reports to the window manager seems really ugly -- you do want it to report what it actually sees everywhere else. This leaves editing the window manager (or hiring someone else to do so, or asking upstream for some support). It shouldn't be too unreasonable to hack in a special casing of RandR events to treat a 3940x1080 resolution as two 1920x1080s. Actually adding a configuration option that might be accepted upstream would be harder, of course.

So, unfortunately, I can't think of a solution, unless you're willing to dive into the code.

Solution 2

I just solved a similar issue here:
a solution
I used fakexrandr,
fakexrandr
But I am seeing that some people are using fakexinerama
fakexinerama

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Naftuli Kay
    Naftuli Kay over 1 year

    I just purchased a TripleHead2Go and configured it using OSX. What this box does is simply take 1-3 multiple external monitors and combine their signal into one single resolution. I'm using two external 1920x1080 displays with it, bringing my display size to 3940x1080, alongside my laptop's regular display of 1920x1200. My laptop is running FGLRX 8.95 with Catalyst 12.3, the video card is an AMD Radeon HD 6700M. Here's what I'm looking at, presently:

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    Here is my xorg.conf file: http://pastebin.com/jgm9AwqN

    Is there a way for me to "split" this massive display into two, virtual 1920x1080 displays so that windows will maximize properly, one to each monitor?

    • Admin
      Admin almost 12 years
      Out of curiousity - didn't you have the same problem on OS/X? How did you solve it there?
    • Admin
      Admin almost 12 years
      @ckhan There's native software for this device on OSX which splits it into two displays.
    • Admin
      Admin over 11 years
      Just got it working using fakexinerama. See [this question][1] for details. [1]: superuser.com/questions/115076/…
  • Naftuli Kay
    Naftuli Kay almost 12 years
    Unfortunately, that probably won't work too well, as I need to be able to transfer items between monitors just like a regular desktop with two monitors. Is there a way that I can trick the windowing manager into thinking I have two displays?