On 2008-09-22 15:39 -0400, Samuel Baldwin wrote: > Ew. My mistake, then. I hopefully assumed that when I read a while ago > that it was designed to 'replace' it, I hoped it was an improvement. > I've always managed to avoid such braindamage by using the Nvidia > TwinView drivers. But of course you need an Nvidia card and the > 'nvidia' driver to do that, which on some OSen (OpenBSD springs to > mind), you can't.
AFAIK, "TwinView" refers to NVidia's implementation of Xinerama. (Some refer by Xinerama only to the Xorg implementation, which is also total shit, from what I've heard. I refer by Xinerama to the protocol and display arrangement, which is what TwinView also uses to communicate to apps.) However, it is possible with some options in nvidia's drivers to get proper separate screens using the good old X protocols. I'm not sure if TwinView refers to the setup anymore when this option is enabled. It didn't use to, as there was no simple option, but Device-section BusID hacks that made it display the card as two devices to X. -- Tuomo
