Ah..... Yes I think it may be pretty much impossible at this point to rotate them separately. One would also have to have a method of controlling both cubes with practically one mouse. Naturally different ideas can be thrown about how to do it.... like mouse + key1 and mouse + key2 as separation, or something like that.....
Petri Hal Wilke wrote: > I wasn't trying to say that I had one cube. I was trying to say that > I had two cubes, but could not rotate them separately. Which is what > I would like to be able to do. If you would like to change it so that > you have one giant cube, you should be able to do that with the compiz > configuration settings manager. > > > Here is the bit of my xorg.conf that speaks to my video card and > "twinview" which is what I am using to get multiple monitor support: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "GeForce FX 5500" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "TwinView" "1" > Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0, CRT-1: > 1280x1024 +1280+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0, CRT-1: NULL; CRT-0: 832x624 > +0+0, CRT-1: NULL; CRT-0: 800x600 +0+0, CRT-1: NULL; CRT-0: 720x400 > +0+0, CRT-1: NULL; CRT-0: 640x480 +0+0, CRT-1: NULL" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > -hal > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Petri Laihonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I have a bit opposite with rotating cube. I have not had time to find > out how to make both desktops to rotate as one cube. It went to two > cubes by default. > Also, some of the latest updates to compiz broke something with > windows > positioning. I used to be able to start M$ Winblows by clicking > the icon > on the desktop and it opened full-screen on the desktop #3. This does > not happen anymore...... > > Petri > > > Hal Wilke wrote: > > I also Compiz and Dual Monitors running. I have an older nvidia > card, > > but have not worked to try and get my monitors to rotate separately > > from each other. Even without that, I still love it. I don't > > remember the exact set up, and am not at home to look at it > right now. > > > > -hal > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Petri Laihonen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > I haven't had any problems with dual screen setups and > compiz, EXCEPT > > with some of the latest Dell computers using ATI video cards. > > I'm running Mandriva 2008 Spring, with nVidia video card. > Naturally > > first set up the Dual screen, then enabled the compiz. > > All configurations were done without even looking at the > xorg.conf > > file. > > > > > http://charlotteandpetri.net/images/misc/Dual_screen_with_compiz.png > > (Not optimized screen capture, about 1.1Mb file) > > > > Petri > > > > > > Brad Bendily wrote: > > > What is everyone using these days for multiple monitors? > > > I had 1 computer setup using Compiz, which is cool (first > time i've > > > used it on my own computer). > > > I really like using it, much more than multiple desktops. > But then i > > > got an extra monitor. So i thought, > > > great, i'll use the second monitor and Compiz at the same > time. > > There > > > is a youtube video out there > > > with someone using multiple monitors and compiz, so somehow it > > can be > > > done. This lead me to a lot > > > of reading. Of course the gold standard for multi monitors > is/was > > > Xinerama. But as of 9/2007 > > > Sourceforge says xinerama is deprecated. Bummer. So, what's > > next? X11 > > > says they're moving their > > > multi monitor support to xrandr. Anyone been using that? > > > Since compiz/multiple monitors don't seem to like each > other all > > that > > > well, i thought at the very least > > > i'd like to rotate my second monitor 90degrees, but i > can't do that > > > with Xinerama. I might can do it > > > with xrandr but the older distro i'm running has an old > X11 and > > an old > > > intel driver. I can upgrade and > > > try some bleeding edge distro, i don't really care about that. > > > > > > I'm just curious how others are doing multiple monitors and/or > > compiz? > > > > > > http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/xinerama/ > > > > > > > > > Also, i found some info about DMX (Distributed Multihead > > support) and > > > this lambdavision group set that up. > > > It looks very cool, but out of my price range! > > > http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/lambdavision/display.html > > > > > > more info about dmx can be found here: > > > http://dmx.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/os-mltihed/index.html > > > > > > werd > > > bb > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
