John Martin wrote: > Charles Cox wrote: >> >>> You could create two Xephyr instances and then join them together >>> using Xdmx. I don't believe we bundle Xdmx so you would need >>> to build it yourself or find a repository that has it. >> >> So if I understand Xdmx correctly, it takes displays on other X >> servers and turns them into a single display. With "+xinerama" >> they're one big screen; without, they're sub-screens of the one >> display (i.e. :1.0 :1.1 :1.2 etc.) >> >> Xephyr creates a virtual display in a window on top of a regular X >> server. > Correct. We would want Xdmx to render to each Xephyr instance bound > to a different screen. >> >> So if I create two Xephyr displays/windows and then aggregate them >> together with Xdmx, that seems like essentially the same thing as a >> multihead setup with a standard X server. I don't see how this would >> accomplish my goal of displaying the same client's window on both >> screens at the same time. >> >> Maybe I'm missing some trick with Xdmx... > As you noted above Xdmx is normally used to span a desktop across > multiple displays, > like Xinearma or NVIDIA's TwinView (other than Clone). However, > Xdmx can be configured to give both displays the same origin. A quick > search found fairly complete instructions: > > http://intellilinux.info/node/25 > Unless clone mode is in fact what Charles is after/can tolerate. Just operate the second display entirely as a clone, as is the default when attaching a second display to the aux output of a laptop.
Stuart
