Kerry Mayes wrote:
Has anyone used Xinerama to get an extended desktop out of two screens?
Extended desktop support when attached to the docking station is the
only bit of the switch to Ubuntu on my Dell 520 that seems likely to
be a limiting factor.
Any tips and traps would be most helpful.
Kerry.
I mostly agree to what has been said before. If you have an ATI-card you
will probably get trouble. Their driver supports Xinerma but very
poorly. When you maximize a window it is extended over both screens, you
cannot have DRI and Xinerama at the same time &c. Also the displays you
use should match. Especially for older laptops (like mine) the
brightness and contrast will be much worse than that of new LCDs.
Because of these problems I do not use Xinerama although I got it working.
Herzliche Grüße,
Robert J. C. Himmelmann
