Re: [gentoo-user] KVM problems - anyone know _why_ it happens?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:18:17 -0800
> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>> On my setup I use a GTX465 for screen 0 & 1 but have an NVidia 8400GS
>> for screen 2. On this system I only see the gears on screen 0 & 1. On
>> screen 2 I see just a black box and the FPS count skyrockets as the
>> CPU/GPU aren't really doing anything so it goes through the loop very
>> fast. Also, on this system the Ctrl-F8 thing mouse to the upper left
>> corner don't work at all.
>>
>> I've assumed that's because I'm using two different NVidia cards.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>
> The docs for the nVidia driver go into this in quite some detail, and
> it's related to how the nVidia hardware is built plus how the nVidia
> software works plus how Xinerama works. Basically, not all combinations
> are supported, especially when you have different "screens" (that's the
> nVidia concept of a screen, not the X concept) with different
> resolutions on different GPUs. Or something like that, but I don;t have
> the docs to have anymore since my last 8600M went to visit the silicon
> daddy in the sky
>
> --
> Alan McKinnnon
> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
>
>

Thanks Alan. I've looked at those docs in days long past myself, but
never really needed this sort of info. I'll go back and check them out
again.

Cheers,
Mark