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IceWM Dual Screen expanding howto (very basic)
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Step 1: Make sure xrandr works fine

Check your screen's names by typing:

xrandr -q

Step 2: Expand your screen

Then disable one of them: (notice VGA-1 is the name of the screen, will differ, e.g. HDMI-1 if the screen is connected via HDMI)

xrandr --output VGA-1 --off

And then expand it:

xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto --left-of DVI-I-1

Depending on which screen turned black after the first command, you can choose left/right here.

Step 3: Restart IceWM

At this point it should pretty much look like the final result, except you can't move windows to the other screen. Just right-click on the background and choose Logout... > Restart Icewm, be sure to click the arrow symbol for opening the log out menu.

And that did it for me.

Sources

I found a thinkwiki.org entry on xrandr which explains everything with nice examples, so you don't need to read manpages and figrue options.

Everything else is from a question in IceWM mailing list about dual screen.

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pjtait commented Jan 17, 2018

Nice succinct accurate instructions, thanks!

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T-3B commented Jan 6, 2023

Worked like a charm, thanks!

Did not even need to restart icewm.

It's just a shame that the taskbar is only on one of the 2 screens.

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