Does Xfbdev support dual-head configuration??

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Wed Dec 16 07:05:09 PST 2009


On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 19:14 +0530, prudhvi raj wrote:

> But When i run the Xfbdev server the display is coming on only one
> monitor.

So don't run Xfbdev.  Why do you think you need to?

> xrandr -q is giving the below output
> Screen 0: minimum 1024 x 768, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
> default connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 0mm x 0mm
>   1024x768  0.0* 
> 
> Why is Xrandr unable to detect the second monitor??

Because kdrive only supports RANDR 1.1 at the moment, which only has the
one output.

> The Xfbdev has been compiled with XINERAMA and XRANDR extensions.
> 
> Should i need to configure Xfbdev in order to detect the dual head
> configuration and show the display spanned among them??

Xfbdev does not have multihead support.  Don't use it.

- ajax
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