I would like to view your config file, if possible. I'm trying to set twinview up to run a program (mythtv) over the TV-OUT on my card, while maintaining my normal display. My Card can do this (it's in the Windows-drivers), do I hope to get it running on Linux.
On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 04:43, Andrew Cowie wrote: > 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 -- ______________________________________________________________________ Guy Van Sanden http://unixmafia.port5.com Registered Linux user #249404 - September 1997 ______________________________________________________________________ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
