On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 07:54, Alan wrote: > > As far as i understand it does not run x twice, rather it runs one > > instance of x, with a wider screen. > > I've only run it this way (via nvidia twinview, their version of > xinerama)
Nvidia seems to offer a best-of-both-worlds solution; using what they called "TwinView" I've got a 2560x 1024 desktop (across two 1280x1024 montitors) but Nvidia implemented the Xinerama extension (NOTE! You don't use -xinerama on the X command line!) Xinerama information is available to clients (ie the window manager) that need to know. Xinerama support across the X software universe is still a bit spotty, but, notably, one of the major internal enhancements in GNOME 2.4 was much better support here; in almost all cases it "does the right thing" - in particular, maximize goes to a single monitor, not across the whole two monitor desktop, and GDM puts its login window on one monitor, not spread across two (and thus centered rught in the gap between two, which would be really annoying. Xscreensaver is notable in that any hack which tries to center itself looks a bit dumb as it will be centered in the air gap between two monitors... ... so this is all to say that having XINERAMA (and one X server) seems better than not, and two independent X servers (plus, presumably, x2x)... > , but I understand that it can be set up with a second X > running if it's desired. For both setups, extensive documentation is available in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx-1.0.XXXX/README.gz [though the "run two X servers" isn't recommended because then you a) don't get they're built in Xinerama, and, more importantly, you don't get 3D hardware accel on both monitors]. This is all on a [in this case PNY] GForce FX5200 [PCI dual VGA] card. YMMV. > No idea how to set it up though, I'm sure > there's info in the web forums though. I can make my XF86Config available if someone needs a specific example. Cheers, AfC -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Operational Dynamics Consulting Pty Ltd We focus on improving usabilty, scalabilty, and maintainability - the factors that are the keys to making technology work - through team building, creating effective procedures, and enhancing systems performance. Contact us! http://www.operationaldynamics.com/ Sydney, New York, Toronto, London -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
