From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 4 14:21:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D679716A4CF for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:21:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C8EC43D2F for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:21:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dngrant@bandwidth-junkies.net) Received: from [192.168.0.11] (pcp03705147pcs.bowie01.md.comcast.net[68.34.224.82]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004020422214901300lndahe>; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 22:21:49 +0000 From: "Darryl N. Grant" To: Louis Munro In-Reply-To: <200402041317.26645.louismunro@altern.org> References: <200402041317.26645.louismunro@altern.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1075933348.60403.8.camel@labonte.bandwidth-junkies.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:22:28 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xinerama setup on kde 3.1.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 22:21:56 -0000 On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 13:17, Louis Munro wrote: > Hello everyone, > I'm posting this here after trying the freebsd-x11mailing list as it didn't > produce the expected results. Hopefully someone among you will know more > about this than I... > I'm trying to setup KDE to display in full xinerama on my new computer. I > have an nvidia GFX5600 which is capable of displaying on two monitors (I've > got it working with windows Xp) but I can't seems to get it right on > FreeBSD: X only displays on one monitor and just blanks out the other. So I > have a few questions: > --Do I have to compile Xfree86 with some special arguments to enable > xinerama? I installed it from the cd (4.9 stable, world remade about a week > ago). --Does KDE 3.1.4 support xinerama? Do I have to do anything special to > enable it? > --I haven't found all that much information about configuring xinerama. Have > I missed anything? > > I'm appending my XFree86config so you guys can tell me if it's something in > there that's incorrect. Have you tried multiple montior resolutions? Do you have the nvidia kernel module loaded? I also do not see the TwinView Identifier in your config. I had to add that for mine. If you are still having problems, let me know. HTH, Darryl