[Bug 156475] New: Panel and desktop only open on one screen in a multiple screen set up

[Atle]

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           Summary: Panel and desktop only open on one screen in a multiple
                    screen set up
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: atlep idi ntnu no


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.0)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc version 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2) 
OS:                Linux

There seems to be several bug reports related, so this might be redundant. However I could not find one I thought matched well enough, so here goes:

I have a laptop (T60 with ATI X1400) with an external monitor set up as 'dual head'. That is one graphics card is running both screen. One of my screens, the one on the laptop is DISPLAY :0.0 and the other is :0.1.

I've tried modifying .kde4.0/share/config/plasma-appletsrc to add an extra panel and an extra dekstop. Also I've tried running multiple instances of plasma. Neither work. I am only able to have desktop and panel on one screen at a time. (I kill plasma on one screen, and start plasma on the other.)

What I would love to have, is the possibility to execute plasma with some command line options in order to specify a configuration file. The reason for this is that would enable different kinds of setup, with different widgets etc., for different situations and different external monitors. For example I would write something like plasma --display :0.1 work.plasmarc for getting a desktop and panel setup suited for what I do at work.

Thanks for 'listening', and great work so far! This is definitely going in the right direction. Everything looks better, and most things feels snappier. Thanks!