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Allistar posted on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:05:31 +1200 as excerpted: |
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> No, a static layout in xorg.conf. From what I know, the XRANDR extension |
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> doesn't play well with the COMPOSITE extension. Also the XINERAMA |
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> extension doesn't play well with COMPOSITE either. (WHich is why I have |
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> two separate X desktops instead of one by using XINERAMA). |
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I've had no problem with RandR and Composite here. |
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Xinerama seems to be deprecated, almost. At least I've not used actual |
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xinerama in ages and from what I've read, yes, there are problems (not |
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just with kde, but with X, and between RandR and Xinerama). However, at |
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least with the single-card-multi-output hardware I've seen, xinerama |
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isn't actually necessary to use it, as "pseudo-xinerama" works, and seems |
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to work fine. The first I heard of pseudo-xinerama was with Radeon |
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merged-framebuffer mode, before RandR, but it seems to be an X default, |
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now, no actual Xinerama extension needed. |
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But I think xinerama is still needed for actual multiple cards, and with |
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the lower use it's getting these days due to the built-in pseudo- |
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xinerama, it does seem to not be keeping up, or at least, I've read more |
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about problems than about using it problem-free, since RandR. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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