Whoa Nelly! GF4-MultiScreen kills machine with X

[Ian Stephen]

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 19:51, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> For those of you wondering what the difference is, Multi-Screen mode uses X's
> ability to have two video-systems (look at the README if you have the NVIDIA
> driver).  Each video-system has it's own K Menu etc, mouse moves between screens
> but no apps can.

> TwinView is a NVIDIA-specific feature which allows you to treat
> the second screen as simply an extension of your desktop.  You can move apps
> between them and X is basically unaware that you have two screens.

> Thanks,
> Matt

TwinView as you describe it is how my X works, using my PC's onboard agp
video for one monitor and a pci card (old ATI Rage) for the second. 
Works as one 2048x768 desktop.

Pretty handy most of the time, with minor annoyance when windows open
half in one and half in the other.  I'll keep that over not being able
to drag parts of apps where I want though.

(Some may recall I said I'd do a sxs on X/Xinerama.  Haven't forgotten,
just haven't had time!)
-- 
Ian Stephen <ianstepn at shaw.ca>