ah yes. nvidia, they have twinview built-in. no need for extra software. lucky you. doesn't help anyone with a crappy intel card! maybe the newer intel is better. OpenSuse 11 was released today, or recently. Maybe i'll try that.
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Hal Wilke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think compiz likes it, but I've always felt like having seperate x > sessions, instead of using twinview should give you the opportunity to > control them separately, but the only posts I've seen about it talk about > having issues with compiz. If my machine wasn't wokring so smoothly I might > try it. I hate to mess up a good thing though.... > > -hal > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Petri Laihonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- Have Mercy & Say Yeah _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
