strange multimonitor problem Thread last updated on 2003-02-27 18:44:08

Posted by member 9958 on 2003-02-24 08:10:24

I'm having a strange multimonitor problem, for some reason when i enable my tv out (its 2nd tv enabled on the left side) everything gets thrown out of whack. it used to work fine, but like if i have multi monitor off, then this would work fine:

*shortcut "" -100 0 bg.png .none .none !Popup

but once i enabled the second monitor (resolution on that one is 640x480)

i have to adjust the X to
*shortcut "" -740 0 bg.png .none .none !Popup

i used to have no problem but now its giving me this, not sure why :(

Posted by member 9958 on 2003-02-24 08:32:14 link

after some looking the only thing giving me problems is the shortcut2 module

Posted by member 1 on 2003-02-24 10:10:43 link

I have a dual-head vid card with a TV out. If you output your second head to the TV, yes you will have a problem because the width of your desktop just changed. To solve the problem stop using negative values in your step. This will make sure that all shortcuts are defined from the left and will not move when you add more to the right.

Posted by member 99 on 2003-02-24 12:59:28 link

I recommend having your 2nd output on the right as well. It sounds like something's adjusting for the extra width added by your tv out, but not for its position, if it's on the right that wouldn't matter. (your -100 0 would be on the tv)

Posted by member 1751 on 2003-02-27 18:44:08 link

the negative values are whats doing it to you. they are telling the window to appear 100 and 740 pixels from the right side of the screen. i have the same problem with my monitors. theres a number of fun themes that are good with the multimedia.