[KLUG Members] Re: Dual Monitors + video cards in linux -- See the Xinerama HOWTO

Adam Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
12 Feb 2002 20:24:15 -0500


>Wow, Wow, and WOW.  This is really cool. With my current choices (KDE, 
>Gnome, and Windowmaker) I was forced to use KDE. I'm told Enlightenment is 

Sawfish (GNOME) doesn't work?  That is odd.

>better, so I might download and install that (if it's not a pain).  You 
>can move the mouse just like in windows (from one DT to the other) but 
>oddly, you can't drag windows, which is too bad-- it's two separate 

That sounds like a limitation imposed by the window manager.

>windows, separate desktops.  It's nice,though. ONe bad thing: Realplayer 

Does Realpayer not open at all or simply no play audio?

>won't play on the secondary desktop. Boo hoo!  At least AVIplay does, and 
>we'll see about VLC.

Cool.