Dual Head

[Daniel Stone]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 08:54:24PM -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote:
> The thing is different resolutions in a Xinerama setup make no sense. Xinerama 
> is supposed to emulate one large screen using multiple screens. Can you do 
> 512x768 on one half of one screen, and 640x960 on the other? No, the whole 
> thing is 1024x768 or 1280x960; so why do you want to split your emulated 
> giant screen up the same why? 
> 
> You can't maximize windows or have fullscreen windows! How would it react? In 
> my example, would it be 768 pixels tall, or 960? Or would it maximize filling 
> only one screen? What happens to the screen space that isn't used on the 
> 1280x960 display, or what happens to the part of the window you can't see on 
> the 1024x768 display?
> 
> The only way I can see multiple resolutions ever working is if all the smaller 
> displays have virtual desktop sizes that are the same size as the largest 
> monitor, (ie, the 1024x768 display would be a 1280x960 desktop that pans); 
> but I don't see how that fixes fullscreen windows, that would be horrible for 
> games.

Sorry, but this is almost exactly the opposite of what Xinerama does.
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