xf 4.0.1 with rage II/rage pro -- multi-headed display, xinerama

Michel Dänzer daenzerm at student.ethz.ch
Tue Sep 26 04:43:05 EST 2000


R Shapiro wrote:

> I just did it tried running +xinerama with all three monitors at 8pp.
> It works!  Blackbox is happy to move windows across screens, or even
> leave a window half on one and half on another.  Basically just like
> the multiple monitor support that MacOS has always had.
>
> Very nice :)

Cool.


> Btw for those who might want to try this, +xinerama is a server arg so
> the command is  'startx -- +xinerama'.

There's also an option for XF86Config, read the manpage - the logical place
would be in the Layout Section.


Michel


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