When using an Openbox\GNOME session with two nVidia TwinView screens, I can only place Nautilus icons on the "primary" screen of the TwinView.
Windows maximize properly (covering one screen only), the gnome-panel works as expected (one panel per screen, window-list only reports windows on that screen), right-clicking on the "dead" area produces the usual Nautilus "Create folder" menu, and wallpaper is drawn across both screens. "xprop | grep WM_CLASS" on the "dead" desktop area produces
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "desktop_window", "Nautilus"
This happens regardless of whether I'm using xcompmgr or not.
If I switch to Metacity, either by using "metacity --replace" or a normal GNOME session, the problem goes away, and I can move icons to the second screen. If I then run "openbox --replace", icons maintain their moved position, but snap back to the first screen when I try to move them around.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
$ apt-cache policy openbox
openbox:
Installed: 3.4.7.2-2
Candidate: 3.4.7.2-2
Version table:
*** 3.4.7.2-2 0
500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au intrepid/universe Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I've also opened this as a bug here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openbox/+bug/305670
Further to this, I tried an Openbox\GNOME install on Arch Linux today, the same thing happens.
At least that rules out an Ubuntu-specific build flag.
Gnome and Nautilus versions in Arch are currently 2.24.2, Openbox is 3.4.7.2.
When using an Openbox\GNOME session with two nVidia TwinView screens, I can only place Nautilus icons on the "primary" screen of the TwinView. Windows maximize properly (covering one screen only), the gnome-panel works as expected (one panel per screen, window-list only reports windows on that screen), right-clicking on the "dead" area produces the usual Nautilus "Create folder" menu, and wallpaper is drawn across both screens. "xprop | grep WM_CLASS" on the "dead" desktop area produces WM_CLASS(STRING) = "desktop_window", "Nautilus" This happens regardless of whether I'm using xcompmgr or not. If I switch to Metacity, either by using "metacity --replace" or a normal GNOME session, the problem goes away, and I can move icons to the second screen. If I then run "openbox --replace", icons maintain their moved position, but snap back to the first screen when I try to move them around. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 $ apt-cache policy openbox openbox: Installed: 3.4.7.2-2 Candidate: 3.4.7.2-2 Version table: *** 3.4.7.2-2 0 500 http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au intrepid/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status I've also opened this as a bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openbox/+bug/305670