GSoC : Multiscreen management

[Asraniel]

Hei, i would just like to add my support for that idea, because as of kde 4.4, 
my second screen has no more wallpaper (plasma) and if i set dragonplayer to 
fullscreen on it, it goes to the first screen (kwin?). this is sadly with the 
nvidia driver.

It would be great to have a more robust multiscreen support. Even if this is 
probably not the scope of the project, there are quite alot of plasma 
bugreports about multiscreen bugs, perhaps a few might get fixed during that 
project?

greetings

beat wolf

Am Donnerstag 01 April 2010 16.35:59 schrieb Detlev Casanova:
> Hello folks !
> 
> I'd like to work with you this summer (and even longer after that :-) ).
> So, there's something in KDE that I find not really nice, It's the
> multiscreen management.
> For instance, I have an extra monitor for my laptop which I use every day
> but I also unplug it every day. The problem is that the screen
> configuration is never kept and sometimes, the screen is deactivated and
> KRandr says the screen is configured in 1980x1200...
> 
> So, my point is : there are problems.
> So far, what's the link with plasma you might ask. Well, I'd like the
> device notifier to react when a monitor is plugged in, showing the screen.
> 2 actions should be possible : Auto configure and manual configuration.
>  -> Auto configure would try to find the best configuration depending on
> the screen capabilities (read resolutions).
>  -> Manual configuration would open KRandr.
> 
> In KRandr, there should be a possibility to keep configurations depending
> on the plugged device :
> 	I'd like the university projector to be on the right of my laptop screen.
> 	I'd like my 26" screen to be a clone of my laptop screen.
> 
> If a configuration exists for a monitor when it's plugged in, the
> configuration should directly be applied with the monitor entry still in
> the device notifier (so that it can be modified).
> 
> KRandr could also be more handy : the view could be used to move screens to
> place them at the wanted position (like a widget is moved on the desktop).
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
> I already posted the idea on #plasma but had to leave before you could
> answer so, it might feel familiar.
> 
> I know though that there are problems with xrandr and some drivers, like
> the NVidia driver. I'm not sure how big are the problems but interfacing
> with the NVidia tools is maybe possible.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Detlev.