On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:38:38 -0500 Christopher Barry <christopher.r.ba...@gmail.com> said:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:56:46 +0000 > Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 11 Dec 2013 18:37:58 Christopher Barry wrote: > > > <mega-snip>... > > > > > > Wow all. I'm the OP, and seriously did not mean to cause such a > > > stir or abrade old wounds with rock salt or anything. > > > > > > I guess the bottom line is really "we all get to use Enlightenment > > > for FREE!". And we love it. It's Raster's baby, and he has the > > > right to do anything he damn well pleases with it. Period. If we > > > don't like it, we're free to fork it and provide fglrx > > > functionality. Yeah, I'm using fglrx (and it's a desktop card) so > > > it's my issue. I too have many issues with ATI beyond > > > Enlightenment, so the suggestion from experience was pretty well > > > taken by me. > > > > > > I'll admit, at first I was kinda mad, because compiz just 'worked', > > > and worked well. But after reading 'compiz' was hard coded into > > > their driver, I had to agree that their code is pretty lame. I tend > > > to defer to and respect the knowledge and experience of others. > > > (There isn't enough time to make all the mistakes yourself...) > > > > > > Anyway, I'll be getting an nvidia card pretty soon most likely. > > > Anyone know of a good one that can drive three DVI 1920x1200 > > > monitors on Linux? > > > > > > Have you tried radeon OSS drivers and are you getting any problems > > with them. As Raster says fglrx are pretty much a lost cause. > > > > PS. I'm stuck with ATI for now, although planning to dip into the > > piggy-bank for an Nvidia soon. I was looking at the GeForce GTX 660. > > Actually, I have little experience with the oss driver, mostly because > IIRC whenever it was loaded it tended to either clone my dual monitors, > or span them, and I was not clear on how to make it behave like fglrx > let it work - namely a single desktop with edge resistance on monitor > edges (e.g. maximize only fills a single monitor, not both). That, and > with lxde, both monitors used the same desktop. Although in E the > monitors use different desktops sets anyway... > > If I can do this with the oss driver, I'll try it. If you know how to > do that, let me know. Also, can the oss driver drive 3 monitors? Now > that would be sweet... aaah multihead vs "xinerama/randr". fglrx above was doing multihead. 1 root window per screen. you can't move windows from 1 root window to another (not allowed). to be honest. this style of setup is dying/dead. yes - a lot of wm's don't split the 1 root window spanning both monitors so when you switch virtual desktops, both switch. e17 and beyond do do this, thus you get the "best of both worlds". you can switch virtual desktops separately per screen, wallpapers separately, have edge resitance between them ANd also move windows from one to the other just by a drag over there. you need cooperation from your wm for this though, but it is the "better setup". :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
