Background doesn't span Dual-Monitors after 9.04 Upgrade
Lance DeVooght
cyborghunter at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 17:23:45 UTC 2009
Paul Lemmons wrote:
> Lance DeVooght wrote:
>> Does anyone know how I can get a picture to span
>> my dual-monitors (I'm using Xinerama) in KDE4 and Jaunty [Kubuntu]?
>>
>> Before upgrading from 8.04 I could select "All Desktops" within
>> the KDesktop configuration applet.
>>
>> KDE4's "Desktop Settings - Plasma Workspace" seems to be lacking this
>> option.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Lance
>>
>>
>>
> Turns out that there are a lot of people who like this "feature". I
> don't happen to be one of them but that does not change anything. What I
> did was take my large, two screen wide image and open it in Gimp and
> split it. Then I just put the halves on the appropriate monitor and it
> has the appearance of spanning them.Not the slickest solution but it
> does work.
>
I don't see how removing an option can be considered a "feature,"
but perhaps I misunderstood your point.
I appreciate your suggestion though. Barring any better solutions
surfacing, I will likely follow your advice.
Thanks,
Lance
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