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..
Charles.
I am running "twin view" on my machine using two 17" crt monitors. It
handles windowing very very well, In fact I had twin view 12 months ago
and it is heaps better now (was more than likely my config than the
software), anyway, I have not done any gaming yet, but the config I have
should solve your problem (at least the tutorial I used to set it up
says so), it works well with all other gui stuff ie maximising on 1
screen, opening a new window on the screen your cursor is on etc etc.
Here is my xorg.conf , hope it is of use to you. Oh by the way, I am
using Ubuntu breezy and Dapper with this config.
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA Geforce 440MX"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "2"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "0"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt, crt"
Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "Metamodes" "1280x1024,1280x1024;
1024x768,1024x768; 1280x1024,NULL; 1024x768,NULL"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-65"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-75"
# Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
Option "Xinerama" "Off"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
All the best of luck
Tuxta
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