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

Sergio Monteiro Basto sergio at sergiomb.no-ip.org
Wed Feb 20 21:15:47 PST 2008


On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 23:31 +0100, Maarten Maathuis wrote:
> 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

and Xinerama with Compiz-Fusion works ? 

Regards,
-- 
Sérgio M. B.
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