Dual monitors KDE 4.2 - no panel, no keyboard focus

[Michael Eager]

Michael Eager wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> I have dual monitors using Nvidia Twinview.  I
> have both displays working.  The primary display has
> the panel, plasmoids, etc.  It seems to work OK.
> 
> The secondary display only shows wallpaper.  Mouse
> clicks on the screen are ignored.
> 
> I can start a program on the second display by running
> a command in the primary display: "DISPLAY=:0.1 konsole"
> but this screen does not take keyboard focus.  Doing
> the same with konqueror, the mouse works, but again
> the keyboard is inactive.  Neither of these windows has
> taskbars at the top, so they cannot be moved.
> 
> Running GNOME, the dual display works OK, with both
> screens active.

One correction:  I'm not running Twinview.  When I
turn on Twinview in the nvidia-settings applet, I
get a single X window over both monitors.  I want
independent X sessions on each monitor.

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