From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 4 03:00:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44BF616A4D0 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 03:00:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from 194-185-53-242.f5.ngi.it (194-185-53-242.f5.ngi.it [194.185.53.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C89BA43D41 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 03:00:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@remotelab.org) Received: from einstein.lab (einstein.lab [192.168.168.2]) i14B0P0K024684; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:00:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark@remotelab.org) Received: from einstein.lab (localhost.lab [127.0.0.1]) by einstein.lab (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i14B0CUB001170; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:00:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark@einstein.lab) Received: (from mark@localhost) by einstein.lab (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i14B0CfU001169; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:00:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:00:12 +0100 From: Marco Trentini To: Louis Munro Message-ID: <20040204110012.GB615@einstein.lab> References: <200402032006.57366.louismunro@altern.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200402032006.57366.louismunro@altern.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xinerama setup on kde 3.1.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:00:35 -0000 On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 08:06:57PM -0500, Louis Munro wrote: > Hello everyone, > > 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. > The freebsd port nvidia-driver provides a better driver support that XFree86 to many nvidia card. It supports also TWINVIEW: TwinView is a mode of operation where two display devices (digital flat panels, CRTs, and TVs) can display the contents of a single X screen in any arbitrary configuration. This method of multiple monitor use has several distinct advantages over other techniques (such as Xinerama): o A single X screen is used. The NVIDIA driver conceals all information about multiple display devices from the X server; as far as X is concerned, there is only one screen. o Both display devices share one frame buffer. Thus, all the the functionality present on a single display (e.g. accelerated OpenGL) is available on TwinView. o No additional overhead is needed to emulate having a single desktop. -- Marco Trentini mark@remotelab.org http://www.remotelab.org/