[solved] Wmii + Dualmonitors

Hello all,
Short version: do dual monitors work with wmii?
I *finally* ordered a new monitor from Radioshack after I got a nice gift card in the mail from them (I guess I won a contest or something.) Anyway, I'd like to continue to use my 10 year old CRT (heh, it works) in a dual head setup.
I have the latest proprietary NVIDIA driver (190.53?).
My window manager is wmii. Now, I've heard some stories about wmii + dual head while googling. Some posts from a few years ago say that, no wmii doesn't support dual head. I've also seen some along the lines of "Yes, it supports dual head, but not the way I like."
So, I'd really, really, really like to continue using wmii. I'm very comfortable with it, and I've made it my own...and just...want to keep using it
So, my question is: has anyone gotten wmii to work nicely with two monitors and the NVIDIA drivers?
Thanks!
Last edited by lasu1 (2010-03-24 21:33:13)

Ya, I use startx after logging in.
The dual X sessions interests me most, I think. I like the idea of having two separate, independent sessions (or shold I say displays?)
I have a question, though. How does this work? Is this actually one X working at once, but outputting to two independent displays OR is it two, separate X sessions--like one on tty1 and another on tty2? So, do the two displays share the same processes, except for the desktop output? Maybe I'm a little confused about how X works -- so, if I do, for example /etc/rc.d/alsa restart will alsa restart in BOTH X displays? (I assume it would, because they'd be accessing the same Alsa process?)
I hope the above made sense...
So, if my ~/.xinitrc has the exec wmii, & exec wmii (in the correct format), will I be able to use the same input devices? I've been reading NVIDIA's X server documentation (pretty good stuff in there), and it would seem so...I'm curious how this has worked for other users.
Thanks for all of the replies so far.
Last edited by lasu1 (2010-03-22 20:22:46)

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