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. Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis
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