two monitors ?

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Vu Pham wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 13:54 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Vu Pham wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 13:22 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Michael Hipp wrote:
> > > > > > From: "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
> > > > > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Vu Pham wrote:
> > > > > > > Under Windows, I can have two separate monitors if my video card has two
> > > > > > > heads. Can I do the same thing under Linux ?
> > > > > > > Or do I have to have two separate cards ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you install the nvidia X driver, then yes, you can do it with one
> > > > > > NVIDIA videocard.  Your choices are Twinview, Xinerama or 2 X screens.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could you elaborate on the differences between these three. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > TwinView is an nvidia driver specific feature, which makes two display
> > > > devices look like one big X screen.  You can seemlessly move windows
> > > > between the 2 display devices.
> > > >
> > > > Xinerama, on the surface, is functionally similar to TwinView.
> > > >
> > > > Two X screens are just an X screen on each display, with no properties in
> > > > common between them. You can *NOT* move windows between them.
> > > >
> > > > See the NVIDIA driver README for more details:
> > > > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8762/README/index.html
> > >
> > >
> > > My settings shows only Xinerama.
> >
> > I'm not sure which settings you're referring to.  Unless you explicitly
> > configured X for TwinView, you're not getting it.
>
> I mean the settings showed under SaX2: Card & Monitor Properties. When I
> activate the Dual Head mode, it shows two options : Cloned MultiHead and
> Xinerama Multihead.

sax2 has no clue what TwinView is.  Please see the NVIDIA driver README
for instructions on how to impliment TwinView.

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