[Wylug-help] Dual Screen / Xinerama.

[Gary Stainburn]

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 09:53:28 John Hodrien wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I've got on this topic before and also done a load more googling but I
> > still haven't got an answer.
> >
> > I have a FC10 / WinXP system at home with a NVidia GForce 9600 card in
> > it. Attached to it I have 2 19" screens.
> >
> > In WinXP everything works fine. I have the left screen as the main one
> > and can open and drag windows between the two screens with ease.
> >
> > However, in FC10 all I can manage to do is to get both screens to have
> > the content which is of course no use.
> >
> > My research points to me needing to use Xinerama. However, that same
> > research indicates that this is no longer supported being replaced by
> > another project which then itself got dropped.
>
> Xinerama works just fine, and I'm using it on machines here to run four
> monitors across two cards just merrily.
>
> > Is this true?
> > If not, does anyone have SIMPLE instructions on how to set it up
> > If yes, is there an alternative system I could use?
>
> Use the binary nvidia driver and the inbuilt TwinView, as it's better than
> using Xinerama.  I believe xorg-x11-drv-nvidia from rpmfusion is probably
> your easiest option with Fedora.
>
> Setup your X config.  I tend to just do it by hand.  Take a normal X config
> that works with one screen.  Go to the Device section:
>
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>          Driver      "nvidia"
>          VendorName  "nVidia"
>          BoardName   "Quadro FX 4500"
>          Option      "TwinView" "on"
>          Option      "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024"
>          Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
>          Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
> EndSection
>
> Do not attempt to enable Xinerama elsewhere in your X config.
>
> jh

Thanks John

I'll give this a go tonight

-- 
Gary Stainburn
 
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