Sadly enough, no. Somewhere around 8.04 days things started getting
usable/stable with dual-display ala twinview, but true multi-monitor
support has never been right with vendors or fully with linux either.
I've been hacking around it for a good 6 years now as a full-time linux
user.
Nvidia
Multiple displays have been available for well over 10 years now. I
would think the OS makers would have them figured out by now. I guess
that's what I get for thinking.
On 4/12/2012 15:45, Michael Butash wrote:
Precise 12.04 now, 64bit.
It's not so much about installing 1 or 10, it's about
Precise 12.04 now, 64bit.
It's not so much about installing 1 or 10, it's about not a one of the
"next-gen" desktops has been ever tested with more than one framebuffer
or very large ones it seems. I'm pretty sure the problems are not
apparent in a *simple* dual monitor, single framebuffer co
MichaelB, what release are you running? I've installed something like 8
Desktop Managers (DMs) on my ubuntu 11.10. I did this for a presentation I
did on installing additional DMs.
The problems I've seen are a few extra programs installed for the
lightweight DMs, I now get the xubuntu splash at
I wish that were the case for me - gnome3 won't even launch with
multiple framebuffers requiring me to drop to a tty and restart lightdm
to choose something else. Cinnamon is broken on the same display as
well. Sadly with the "new desktops", unity works the best, which isn't
saying much in th
I think they are still committed, but all of this is still in the repo's
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Tom Haws wrote:
> This sounds like good news. I have been hoping they would relax their
> commitment to Unity.
> --
> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you
This sounds like good news. I have been hoping they would relax their
commitment to Unity.
--
"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you
will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Stephen wrote:
> Well while i may
Well while i may hate unity, getting gnome2/3 working is a cakewalk
now. install the one you want. logout and pick the one you want.
you do end up wasting space with unity still installed, but at least it works.
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