I'm using fujitsu LH531 Laptop with ubuntu 12.04, and with secondary 1440x900 monitor attached to the VGA, confirmed by xrandr command.
The problem is, i want to run a program (vlc) to the second monitor, but can't find a way for that.
I've tried, DISPLAY=:0.1 vlc and a jumbled screen. Trying DISPLAY=:0.1 firefox, got error cannot open display 0.1.
The current condition is that the dual monitor is worked as 2 separated screen (e.g screen a showing firefox, screen b libreoffice)
Can anyone please help on this? the main goal is, how to run vlc (program) to specific monitor.
Below is the output of xrandr.
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2806 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+132 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1360x768 59.8 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
VGA1 connected 1440x900+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 370mm x 232mm
1440x900 59.9*+ 75.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Thanks.
xrandr. – Gilles Aug 15 '12 at 13:04