[KLUG Members] Dual KDE monitors.

[Adam Bultman]

D'oh!

Message from PanoramiX:  No common visuals!  Can't start w/xinerama.  Oh,
well.  I'll try later.

-- 
Adam Bultman
adam@glaven.org
[ http://www.glaven.org ]


On 15 May 2002, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 22:09, Adam Bultman wrote:
> > Am I correct in not being able to make the computer see
> > both monitors as one 'Desktop' like in windows?
>
> No, you are not.  X-Windows supports an _endless_ number of video
> displays.  They are usually assigned sequentially as DISPLAY :0, :1,
> etc...  They can be real or virtual.
>
> You tie multiple DISPLAYs together as one (e.g., a single :0) with
> Xinerama.  E.g., if I have a 3dfx PCI card that's :0 and a Matrox G200
> AGP card that is :1, I can use Xinerama to bind them together with just
> a simple option in my xdm (or gdm in the case of Gnome, kdm in the case
> of KDE) config file.
>
> > Is there a config file I'm missing?
>
> Yes.  For KDE, it should be under /etc/X11/kdm/.  You just add
> "+xinerama" to the line that calls X.
>
> You, of course, have to have X all setup to support all the displays.
>
> NOTE:  The above does NOT apply to video drivers that use an "unified
> framebuffer" so X doesn't see them separately.  E.g., nVidia nView (fka
> TwinView) and Matrox drivers.
>
> > I think it's do-able, but I'm not sure how.  I thought I had
> > everything set up correctly.  I have dual monitors, but they are
> > separate entities.  Am I mistaken?
>
> Yes, as above.
>
> -- Bryan
>
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