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From: Paul Lalonde <paul.a.lalonde@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: [9fans] Multi-monitor rio in plan9port in Ubuntu
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I got fed up with Ubuntu's crappy UI, so I went back to basics, but the
default new window manager stuff gave me a small, mirrored desktop across
both my monitors.

To save someone else the grief, here's a quick how-to:

1) Add a new window manager for rio.  Your paths will vary.
~ $ cat /usr/share/xsessions/rio.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=rio
Comment=
Exec=/home/plalonde/plan9port/bin/rio.sh
Icon=
Type=Application
~ $

2) Fill in rio.sh to use xrandr to set up your display, and run whatever
init you prefer:
~ $ cat plan9port/bin/rio.sh
#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1600x900
xrandr --auto --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1200 --right-of LVDS1
/home/plalonde/plan9port/bin/plumber &
/home/plalonde/plan9port/bin/rio
~ $

Replace LVDS1 and HDMI1 with the names of your video outputs, as reported
by "xrandr -q"

That should be enough for demuddling the desperate and sufficient for the
method to be indexed for posterity.

Paul

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I got fed up with Ubuntu&#39;s crappy UI, so I went back t=
o basics, but the default new window manager stuff gave me a small, mirrore=
d desktop across both my monitors.<div><br></div><div>To save someone else =
the grief, here&#39;s a quick how-to:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1) Add a new window manager for rio. =A0Your paths will=
 vary.</div><div><div>~ $ cat /usr/share/xsessions/rio.desktop</div><div>[D=
esktop Entry]</div><div>Encoding=3DUTF-8</div><div>Name=3Drio</div><div>Com=
ment=3D</div>
<div>Exec=3D/home/plalonde/plan9port/bin/rio.sh</div><div>Icon=3D</div><div=
>Type=3DApplication</div><div>~ $=A0</div></div><div><br></div><div>2) Fill=
 in rio.sh to use xrandr to set up your display, and run whatever init you =
prefer:</div>
<div><div>~ $ cat plan9port/bin/rio.sh</div><div>#!/bin/sh</div><div>xrandr=
 --output LVDS1 --mode 1600x900</div><div>xrandr --auto --output HDMI1 --mo=
de 1920x1200 --right-of LVDS1=A0</div><div>/home/plalonde/plan9port/bin/plu=
mber &amp;</div>
<div>/home/plalonde/plan9port/bin/rio</div><div>~ $=A0</div></div><div><br>=
</div><div>Replace LVDS1 and HDMI1 with the names of your video outputs, as=
 reported by &quot;xrandr -q&quot;</div><div><br></div><div>That should be =
enough for demuddling the desperate and sufficient for the method to be ind=
exed for posterity.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Paul</div></div>

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