On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Rasto Sramek <rsra...@inf.ethz.ch> wrote: >> AFAICT Zaphod mode is one device but multiple X servers (presumably >> used independently by different people). I think very few drivers >> support it these days. > Well, whatever it is called, I am referring to the configuration when I > have a single X server but multiple screens, like screen0 and screen1. > >> The modern approach is one "screen" divided among multiple monitors >> using RandR. I'm not sure what fglrx and nvidia do. > Anything can of course use RandR, however at least nvidia drivers > support multiple screens. Afaik intel used to support it as well. > With nvidia one simply declares 2 monitors, and 2 screens. >> >> In any case, switching workspaces the way you want would be a feature >> of the window manager or compositing manager, not the driver. If you >> use compiz + GNOME, try installing ccsm. Then look in Desktop Wall / >> Viewport Switching and change the "Multimonitor behavior" setting. >> (If you're on Fedora and you enable compiz through desktop-effects, >> you'll need to modify /usr/bin/compiz-gtk like this: > > I use fluxbox which needs screen0 and screen1. I know that awesome is > aware of xrandr and can simulate separate screen behavior but I do not > know of other WMs that can do so. The reason I prefer having > multiple screens is that it is in my view a simple and correct behavior > which has worked for years. >
I think any modern WM should support xrandr. Also, that way you can drag windows from one screen to the other. Or you could Google around for Xinerama -- that might help. --Andy _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
