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Subject:    Re: [Xpert]Works in 4.1 doesn't in 4.2
From:       Dr Andrew C Aitchison <A.C.Aitchison () dpmms ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2002-03-30 8:53:10
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Jim Fitzmaurice wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>     I had a problem a few months ago with a 4 screen machine and xinerama. A
> few people on this list came through with the answer and I'm very
> appreciative. The less is more approach worked well. Now I have a new
> problem with a three screen machine.
> 
>  The 4 screen machine that works is running RH7.1 and XFree86 4.1. All 4
> screens come up as different displays 0:0, 0:1, 0:2, and 0:3 and we're using
> fvwm, (for reasons too detailed to go into here) a fvwm process starts up
> for each display. This is what was trying to accomplish.

> Still it doesn't work and I'm at a loss. Is there a major difference in
> xinerama between 4.1 and 4.2? Or am I just missing something obvious?

If the screens come up as different displays :0.0, :0.1, :0.2, and :0.3
then you weren't using Xinerama.
Xinerama hides the fact that you have different screens, so you probably
don't want it here.

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@dpmms.cam.ac.uk	http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

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