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On Wednesday 25 October 2006 02:58, Mick wrote: |
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r> On Wednesday 25 October 2006 01:55, Daniel D Jones wrote: |
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> > Option "MerdgedFB" "true" |
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> Not sure, but could this have something to do with it? |
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I believe it may have. From what I've read, merged frame buffers are to allow |
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the use of 3D acceleration across multiple monitors by making it appear as |
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one large monitor, which is what appears to be happening. When I right click |
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the desktop and go to properties, it shows only a single monitor. Before, it |
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showed two. |
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As I said before, I don't really need 3D acceleration on this box. |
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Additionally, I don't believe acceleration works on a display larger than |
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2048 in either dimension and my virtual desktop is 3360 x 1050. However, |
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without the MergedFB setup, I get mirrored displays rather than a stretched |
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display. The Dual Monitor Howto, which I linked to in my first post, says to |
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use the MergedFB option, and it also says to turn on xinerama. If my |
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understanding of MergedFB is correct and it's working as designed and |
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presents a virtual single display, then xinerama isn't going to work because |
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it can't distinguish between the two displays. So I don't know if my |
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understanding of how this is supposed to work is incorrect, if the HowTo is |
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simply FUBARed or what. |
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