Xinerama dead? If not, Xinerama and Compiz-Fusion?

[Maarten Maathuis]

On 2/20/08, Rui Tiago Cação Matos <tiagomatos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/02/2008, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  >  I've been reading threads all day regarding the use of Xinerama.  I've
>  >  been using TwinView (GeForce 7600GT) but it had some quarks.  I have 2
>  >  different size monitors, 1 19" square (1600x1200) and 1 19" wide
>  >  (1440x900) connected to the DVI ports on the card.  With Twinview
>  >  there was no way to have both monitors at their max resolution,
>  >  instead the wide had a resolution of 1440x1200 and "panned" up and
>  >  down.
>
>
> You can put twinview no work without panning. Check the docs.
>
>
>  >  So, enough background... The threads I've been following seem to
>  >  suggest Xinerama has been replaced with xRandr2?  If so, how do I
>  >  "switch"?
>
>
> Current nvidia driver does not support randr 1.2. Go bug nvidia about that.
>
>
>  Rui
>
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The function of randr-1.2 and xinerama are quite different. Xinerama
is only to let different screens coexist and make applications aware
of it. randr-1.2 is a way to manage one of more monitors. randr-1.2
does send "fake" xinerama hints.