[KLUG Members] Dual Monitors in SuSe 9.2 Pro

[Bruce Smith]

> However, the <Option "Xinerama" "on"> is really the piece that got me looking. 
> After much googling, I'm finding that Xinerama may not be fully supported in 
> SuSe 9.2 yet. I don't even have the option in YAST to enable it. I manually 
> added it in the XF86Config file, restarted the X server, and still no luck.
> 
> Anyone on the list get dual screens to work with a dual-head video card with a 
> specific flavor of Linux?

I had Xinerama working years ago with an old Redhat release, so I find
it hard to believe that it won't work with SuSE 9.2.  Especially since
all distro's use the same X server.

My setup was slightly different with two video cards (an AGP and a PCI).
So I guess it's possible that your hardware doesn't support xinerama.  

I'd check the release notes on your version of the Nvidia driver, and
maybe upgrade to a newer version if release notes imply that would help.

I also seem to remember using an old KLUG presentation on the site,
along with other stuff I found on the net, to make it all work.

BTW, you don't have to use xinerama, if that turns out to be your
problem.  You could use the two displays as being completely separate.
(start windows on ":0" and ":1" manually, or whatever)

 - BS