On jeu, 2009-04-30 at 08:36 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On jeu, 2009-04-30 at 08:27 +0200, Yann Leboulanger wrote: > > > > Unfortunalty I don't have time to search how to configure dual head with > > vesa driver. But as it worked with XFCE4.4, I don't think it's a driver > > issue. > > It doesn't happen with other driver, so I think it's a driver issue. > Twinview is *not* xinerama, and xinerama is gone anyway. The future is > randr 1.2 stuff, which panel supports more or less correctly (especially > with static config). It *doesnt* support twinview because nobody really > know what is twinview. And yes, xfce4-panel (and xfwm4) changed between > 4.4 and 4.6, especially to support randr 1.2. > > So yes, there might be a bug, but unless the developer can reproduce it > it'll be very hard to fix. You may not have time to find how to > configure randr 1.2, but don't expect other people to have time to fix > proprietary bugs either, especially without any kind of information. > > That said, if you have a dual-output card it should be fairly easy to > use RandR 1.2 (and there are plenty of documentation on the net). You > don't have to retune all your config, just disabling all that twinview > stuff, switch to vesa driver (or maybe remove xorg.conf completely and > let xorg chose the best driver, like nv or vesa), add a Virtual line so > there is enough memory allocated, and when in Xfce, use xrandr to > configure the dual screen output. You will need something like: > > xrandr --output $left --left-of $right > > restart xfce4-panel just to be sure, and report back.
Any news on this? Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis
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