From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rasto Sramek Subject: Re: Zaphod mode support? Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:55:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20101007125504.GA4573@element.ksp.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0382242707==" Return-path: Received: from ksp.sk (element.ksp.sk [158.195.16.154]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746E89E78A for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 05:55:07 -0700 (PDT) List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces+gcfxdi-intel-gfx=m.gmane.org@lists.freedesktop.org To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org --===============0382242707== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 10:54:53AM -0400, Andrew Lutomirski wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Rasto Sramek wrote: > >> AFAICT Zaphod mode is one device but multiple X servers (presumably > >> used independently by different people). =A0I 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. =A0I'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. =A0If you > >> use compiz + GNOME, try installing ccsm. =A0Then 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. > > >=20 > I think any modern WM should support xrandr. Also, that way you can > drag windows from one screen to the other. >=20 > Or you could Google around for Xinerama -- that might help. >=20 > --Andy Thanks, but accoding to my searching around, the only non-tiling WM that supports this is Enlightment. Even compiz plugin suggested by you only works in multihead mode, which I cannot get with interl driver.=20 How would xinerama help me I don't really know. Xinerama is a different way of causing the problem I want to avoid.=20 All the best, Rasto (Sorry Andrew for wrong reply-to) --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkytwygACgkQ0dFX9xR9iCWu2wCg59jxr+RaLM7nmucrYryTgFBs OvUAnRNG2TMaBLqouAZjskn2bLqLzIIX =lXq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft-- --===============0382242707== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx --===============0382242707==--