On Monday 18 December 2006 12:49, Clayton wrote: > > I also have a W2k partition which my son uses for his games. On W2k it > > is possible to run a game in 3D on one screen. When we try to run 3D > > games in SUSE using Cedega we cannot achieve the same. In other words > > what we get is the game spread across the two screens. > > > > I have looked at the NVIDIA server settings GUI but I can't find a > > setting there, nor in SAX. > > > > My question is, is what I want to do possible in Linux ? > > It is definitely possible with nVidia cards... basically there are a > couple of lines you need to add to your xorg file that will tell X > that when an application wants full screen - like Cedega, it switches > modes and displays the game full screen on one monitor only. The > other monitor is turned off until you exit the game. > > This is actually all nicely documented in the nVidia documentation - > where I figured it all out. > > What you're looking for is a feature called Metamodes. I've included > the relevant parts of an old xorg that I set up manually... this > worked on dual head setup with an Acer 15 TFT and a 15 CRT. Note - > this is a trimmed xorg... the superfluous/unrelated bits have been > stripped. If you use this type of setup, you do not need multiple > xorgs or weird DISPLAY settings, etc. just the single xorg using > metamodes. > > I'd highly recommend you go read the nVidia documentation on this > feature. It's well documented and has examples etc. Clayton
Thanks, I'll have a look at the docs in the next day or so. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
