Sprague, sad to see you go... how does X handle mouse/keyboard without Xinerama? do I need 2 sets, one for each desktop?
Sprague, IT3 wrote: > Right. You'd have to start the app on one head or the other. This can make > the second head somewhat less useful, but it really isn't a big deal. The > major issue I had with Xinerama (other than the obvious OpenGL barfulosity) > was - and this is going to sound lame - my desktop wallpaper getting sheared > off at the right edge of both heads (Rather than being centered to the > overall display or centered to each head... I think this is a wmsetbg bug, > though) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]2 video cards/monitors > > > just to clarify > So if I were to use an old Viper330PCI on a 15" with my Stealth (or rather, > nVidia as of XMas) on a 17", and I weren't using Xinerama, there is no way I > could send application windows from one monitor to the other? > thnx a lot > marcel > > "Sprague, IT3" wrote: > > >>This does indeed work. Depending on whether Xinerama is enabled, there are >>two different ways that X can handle this (Linux doesn't really handle >>dualhead setups, X does. FWIW, this is handled the same way under >>Free/Net/OpenBSD) >> >>With Xinerama, the two (or more) displays will be merged to form one >>continuous desktop. >> >>Without it, they will show up as separate displays, known as :0.0 and >> > :0.1. > >>Many WMs (WindowMaker, Enlightenment, Kwin) will start on both displays. >> > In > >>this mode, you can't move windows between the heads, but >> > non-Xinerama-aware > >>apps will behave more intelligently. >> >>You WILL have 3D-acceleration issues. Generally speaking, you can only use >>DRI on one head, and you cannot use DRI and NV-GLX at the same time (if, >> > for > >>exaple, you have an nVidia card in the AGP slot, and an ATi Rage 128 or >>similar in the PCI slot, one will have to software-render.) I've currently >>got a multihead setup with an AGP Radeon DDR and a PCI Voodoo3 3000, which >>works fine (modulo some DGA screwiness on the Voodoo), but I only have >>3D-acceleration on the Radeon (Which is OK, since it's a buttload faster >>than the Voodoo anyway.). I haven't done extensive Xv testing, since I >> > only > >>ever use Xawtv on the Radeon side, but with the ati.2 driver, that works. >> >>If you're not using Xinerama, the two displays can run at any color depth >> > or > >>resolution (subject to limitations of the cards and monitors, of course). >> > I > >>sometimes start the Voodoo3 in 8-bit color to use apps that require a >>PseudoColor default visual, while leaving the Radeon in 24-bit to satisfy >>everything else. >> >>With Xinerama, they can be at any resolution, but must use the same color >>depth. (note that this usually isn't too horrible of a requirement.) >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Marcel Birthelmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:20 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: [Newbie]2 video cards/monitors >> >>Hi >>I just wanted to know how X would deal with a dual-screen setup...or >>rather, how linux itself would cope... would each of them be treated as >>a workspace, would it be one continuous desktop, or what? >>and also, has anyone tried using 2 different resolutions/depths on the >>monitors? >>Thx >>Marcel >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Newbie mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie >>_______________________________________________ >>Newbie mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie >> > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
