Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On jeu, 2009-04-30 at 08:36 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: >> 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. > > Any news on this? > > Cheers,
NO I haven't tested using another driver, and won't have time before monthes I think. -- Yann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
