On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 08:02 +1000, James Gray wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:52 pm, Charles Myers wrote: > > Ok yet another possible silly question, I have googled but everything > > that isnt related comes up (as you will see my problem maybe very > > specific?) > > > > I have Ubuntu running dual screen, but when I play a game the game > > centres in between the two monitors. Is this usual? Or would anyone know > > a workaround I could use to direct it to one monitor? > > > > Thanks for any help.. > > If you're using a reasonably recent nVidia card (Geforce onwards) they have > an > option called "TwinView" that allows you to setup "meta modes" that can use > one monitor or another instead of spanning. I use the drivers from nVidia, > not the pre-packaged ones - no idea if the pre-packaged driver has these > features, but replacing it with the one from nVidia isn't hard. > > I have a pair of 19" LCD's hooked up to my FX5700 card on Kubuntu (Breezy) > and > when I have the need[1] to do some fragging Quake runs on the right hand > screen at 1024x768 (fully accelerated) and the left hand monitor dutifully > goes to sleep. When the game exits, both monitors come back to life at > 1280x1024 and all is good with the world :) > > If you have an nVidia card and want a hand with the meta modes/TwinView > config, drop me a line (it's all documented by nVidia but still involves a > bit of trial and error). If you've got an ATi card....I pity you. ;) > > Cheers, > > James > > [1] Yes dammit! Fragging is a NEED - without it, there'd be many dead/larted > lusers in my part of the world :P > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Cool, I have an Nvidia card. I will investigate what drivers I am using and try to fix up. I will email you when (as I know I will ;) get stuck :P Thanks for the help... Charles. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
