xrandr will work in my system. I broke it sort-of when I tried getting two 3D screens going.
I was running nuveau, but it did not do 3D yet. No, not replacing video cards. I see a new article called "Set Your Desktop Free, With Nouveau’s 3D" Maybe there is hope in this direction? Not checked it out yet. Thanks for pointing out "yet" another problem with the nVidea driver and latency. Mel On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 22:59 -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > You should be using xrandr to manage your screens by now anyway. > Unless you are running an ancient version of Ubuntu or Debian (your > use of aptitude indicates a Debian or derivative). Chances are xrandr > is already installed as is some sort of GUI front end. > > I used to be pretty good at the nVidia stuff, but their proprietary > modules did not play nice in a real time kernel, pretty much a deal > breaker for me. At the very least I need very low latency and nVidia > was simply not stable. I use a different graphics card or the 2d only > driver, and my problems go away. > > Anyway, look into xrandr magic command line incantations, whenever I > am stuck this is where I go to (really nice to ssh in to a box and > resize/change display options on the fly). > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: > > I have had very much the same experience lately, most everything just > > works. I wanted to get 3D acceleration installed plus dual monitor setup > > with two video cards [GeForce 8800 GT]. There were many choices to make, > > but I choose: > > > > aptitude -r install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-settings > > > > so aptitude could look after it in an ongoing basis (no manual nvidia > > driver update installs) > > Configuration mostly OK, But..... > > > > The GUI nvidia-settings would not behave for me though. When I run it, > > it wants to change things to the way I do not want. > > > > If I was a guru or had the time, I could figure out how to make a script > > to make my two nvidia cards and two monitors set up just the way I want > > them. But default does not seem to include two monitors, 3D, objects > > movable between screens. > > > > I did an Xinerama screen of 3940x1080 composed of > > two 3D accelerated 1920x1080 TwinView screens, but I think it should be > > setup better still. > > > > Does this boil down to lack of support from Nvidia for their program > > nvidia-settings? > > > > Any NVidia/Linux experts in the group who are into Twin View? > > > > Mel > > > > On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 12:42 -0600, Dafydd Crosby wrote: > >> I tried it out of frustration after dealing with Windows 98 :-P > >> > >> A lot of Linux just works for me, the only problems I have these days > >> are generally problems of configuration. The whole codec matter is a > >> headache, but things like FLAC have given me hope. > >> > >> -Dafydd > >> > >> On 03/17/2011 12:27 PM, Mel Walters wrote: > >> > I started with Yggdrasil Computing in 1995. It included the stable > >> > Linux 1.2.13 kernel. Exploring new distribution's as they came along, > >> > I was looking for a best fit. > >> > > >> > A friend of mine showed me his Debian system and I was impressed how > >> > easily he maintained it. That was the point I ended up gravitating > >> > towards Debian, and Debian derivatives. > >> > > >> > For me, Linux and the programs it come with (GNU) have to be complex > >> > enough to be interesting and simple enough to use. Good design should > >> > reduce the difficulty of the complex. > >> > > >> > Why did you try it out? > >> > What works for you? What can you see as a hindrance? > >> > > >> > Mel _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
