Hi folks: Has anyone notice something similar (windows spanning both monitor in nVidia TwinView configurations) with the upgrade to snv_111?
Cheers. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Oscar del Rio <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 20:28 Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] svn111 display issues To: Desktop Discuss <desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org> I am using metacity (gnome) and have the same problem with Nvidia TwinView in opensolaris snv_111 (working well in snv_110). The login screen and every window gets centered between both monitors; and maximizing a window spans both monitors. Sun Ultra 24, Nvidia Quadro FX 370 Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > Your monitor-spanning problem is probably something in whichever window > manager > you use (metacity or compiz) - twinview makes two monitors act as one virtual > screen, but the window manager should be able to detect the boundaries by > using > the Xinerama extension protocol/libXinerama library and act appropriately. > > You'll have better luck asking the window manager folks in desktop-discuss > though. > > ? ? ? ?-Alan Coopersmith- ? ? ? ? ? alan.coopersmith at sun.com > ? ? ? ? Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > > Pablo M?ndez Hern?ndez wrote: >> >> Hi Alan: >> >> After applying the fix: >> >> $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select listprop options/vendor >> options/vendor ?astring ?nvidia >> >> I continue having problems with windows spanning both monitors. >> >> >> Cheers. >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 16:39, Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Al Slater wrote: >>>> >>>> Also compiz visual effects won't start. ?It looks like the Nvidia GLX >>>> extensions are not loading. ?Running >>>> /lib/opengl/ogl_select/nvidia_vendor_select and restarting gdm fixed >>>> that until I rebooted. >>> >>> Known issue, documented in the build 111 release notes at >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=99516&tstart=0 : >>> >>>>> 6822628 constype returns unexpected value for nvidia card, ogl-select >>>>> picks >>>>> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6822628 >>>>> >>>>> Systems with NVIDIA graphics have a non-accelerated OpenGL, >>>>> rendering Compiz and other 3-D applications inoperable. >>>>> >>>>> Work-around: Explicitly set the "vendor" property in the >>>>> "ogl-select" service and restart the "ogl-select" service >>>>> >>>>> $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select \ >>>>> setprop options/vendor = nvidia >>>>> $ svcadm restart application/opengl/ogl-select >>>>> >>>>> Then, select the "Log Out" menu item from the "System" menu and >>>>> log back in again. -- Pablo M?ndez Hern?ndez
