Hi,

I am running Windows XP Pro, and have a dual display setop on my GeForce 4 TI.

Now, when using LS on the dual display setup, the whole theme gets messed. parts of it go to screen 1, other parts to screen 2, even stuff I would consider part of a set don't stay on the same display.

When I disable one of the 2 displays, LS runs fine.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thnx.

This is because the author of the theme you are using didn't think about dual-headed displays. Now you can correct this by reconfiguring the theme using all negotive co-ordinates or all positive co-ordinates...but never a mixture of each. You will also want to email the author of the theme and have it fixed.

Welcome to the hell of LS on Dual monitors. If Litestep didn't rule so much, it wouldn't be worth using it with multiple monitors. I can't wait for what the devs are doing to fix multi-support/useablility. Get ready to do some config modifying until then though, because only afew themes are "out-of-the-box" compatible with multi. Try a search for Glaze or Ghost, both of which work fine on my setup straight off. One thing to remember though is that you have to have the main display on the far left with Litestep. I know with Explorer you can put it where ever, but Litestep needs the main display to be on the far left. Good luck, and remember that once it starts working, it's worth all the weird stuff you deal with to get it there. I'd never go back.

There isn't much a LS Dev can do about a themer writing a bad theme. LS only puts the modules where it is told to put them. Maybe in time these new themers will get their heads out of their butts and think...but until then we are skrewed.

...or until somebody has a way to design and debug for multiple monitors without actually having more than one.

ooh. yea. an app to split your monitor into 4 or 9 parts and simulate multimonitors or if modules are actually consistent in behavior and if it really matters enough to people, some interim HOWTO detailing some set of rules themers can try to follow. the information is scattered at best.

hmm, ok

What would be nice is for the default theme to work :-)

BlackErtai, Not even those 2 run smooth here.

So it's back to plain windows for me.
Maybe when I get some time I'll fix some themes to work dual head.

But thnx for the info

I have never had problems with the default theme nor those 2 that were mentioned earlier.

The default theme also has problems with it in regards to multiple monitors. It splits part of the bar onto the second monitor. I'm sorry cnf, but those two themes worked straight out of the box for me. Sorry.

problem beeing i can NOT make the left screen the primary one.
That messes up a lot of other stuff