On 2008-09-11, Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom Shelton <tom_shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 2008-09-11, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> * Tom Shelton peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> I was sort of wondering that myself. I've been running muli-head for quite a
>>>> while on windows, yet I've never gotten a statisfactory result on Linux.
>>>
>>> Bullshit. Unless you're talking about a quibble like some apps
>>> (OpenOffice) putting their splash screen across two monitors.
>>>
>>
>> I don't care about that - that happens with windows sometimes. All I ever
>> get are, either mirrored desktops (usless) or one continues desktop -
>> where when you maximize an app it goes accross both monitors. I have
>> never gottne it to act as if they are truely separate displays. And
>> after 3 or 4 hours of trying I gave up. It takes about 5 minutes or less to
>> setup dual monitors in windows.
>
> Nvidia? Set them up as separate X screens. You can do this with the
> "applications/system tools/NVidia X Server" Settings utility under gnome.
>
>
I don't run gnome. I hate gnome - I run fluxbox, xfce, or kde. In that order.
I've been through most of the tutorials I could find - but they either made
the screens as above, or separate instances so they could not interact.
Maybe, I'll give it another go sometime.
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Tom Shelton
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