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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kwin recognizing separate x screens
From:       Andreas Pakulat <apaku () gmx ! de>
Date:       2009-07-23 22:43:44
Message-ID: 20090723224344.GC22514 () neo ! apaku ! dnsalias ! org
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On 23.07.09 14:52:46, Nicholas Tung wrote:
> Milian Wolff wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2009 23:05:20 schrieb Nicholas Tung:
> >   
> >> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Michael Leupold
> >> <span dir="ltr">&lt;lemma@confuego.org&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote
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> >> Nicholas Tung wrote:<br>
> >> &gt; Hi all,&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I have a
> >> dual monitor setup, and<br> <div class="im">&gt; I was wondering if there's
> >> a configuration problem that's preventing me<br> &gt; from using a second
> >> monitor. When I enable Xinerama, it works fine.<br> &gt; However, using
> >> only "separate X screens", the cursor appears as a black<br> &gt; "X" on
> >> the second monitor, and the background is this black and white<br>
> >> </div>&gt;
> >> cross-hatch.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks!&lt;<wbr>br&gt;Nicholas&lt;br&gt;<a
> >> href="https://ntung.com"
> >> target="_blank">https://ntung.<wbr>com</a>&lt;br&gt;<br> <br>
> >> Separate X screens are not currently supported - at least not in a
> >> stable<br> release. There has been some effort to get it working lately,
> >> but I can't<br> really comment on how far it is along.<br>
> >> <br>
> >> Regards,<br>
> >> Michael</blockquote></div><br>Thanks! It's not a big issue; nVidia should
> >> fix their drivers to support Xinerama + composite, and I can definitely
> >> live without composite.<br><br>regards,<br>Nicholas<br>
> >>     
> >
> > That already works and that for a long time - at least for me. My xorg.conf is 
> > attached. I use the latest binary nvidia driver.
> >   
> You're using TwinView, not Xinerama. Xinerama allows many screens, and
> independent rotation.

And Xinerama is dead as far as Xorg is concerned. But yes, NVidia should
start supporting XRandR 1.2. However TwinView setup does work and I guess
you could make XRandR work with the vesa driver on your nvidia card (but
without composite of course)

Andreas

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