[dundee] dual (multiple) monitor support

[Nistur]

I used to have two different sized displays set up on my old computer, 
although i believe I had smaller resolution.
Ok, what happens to "dead zones"... under windoze, nothing. you can't 
drag the mouse over at the top and/or bottom, depending on where you 
configure it in the display properties. Under Linux, it's there, but 
obviously you can't see it, think of windows as 2 rectangles, whereas 
linux makes one big rectangle. However full screen applications won't 
maximise off screen or anything. As for software (this is why I put in 
about windows) both systems will do it with the standard method 
configuration, although with windows you normally use the graphics card 
utilities, so nvidia control panel etc. A similar utility exists for 
linux, but I haven't had much experience with it, and all guide modify 
xorg.conf so that's what I'd suggest.
Twinview is great in practice and even with different sized displays 
you'll get a lot of use out of it

Nistur

Colin Brough wrote:
>> Hey,
>> If you're using proprietary nvidia drivers you might want to look into
>> twinview - http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_twinview.html
>> I'm using two monitors off one pci-e nvidia card and that is working great
>> for me.
>>     
>
> I've got a TwinView capable card, and with the arrival of a new laptop
> I can retire the very old desktop from being the kids machine... which
> leaves me with a spare TFT... However, my main display is a 1280x1024,
> and the older display is a 1024x768. Has anyone done this with
> non-matching displays, successfully configured the 'dead zones'? What
> is it like in practise? And what desktop software are you using?
>
> Cheers
>
> Colin
>
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