Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from 5.14 to 6.0 version

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

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On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:50:14 GMT Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2022-11-21, Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:
> > On Monday, 21 November 2022 16:11:13 GMT Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> I did have to give up the option of having multiple X11
> >> screens. The proprietary NVidia driver supported multiple screens,
> >> but the drivers for built-in Intel and Radeon drivers don't seem
> >> to.
> > 
> > AMD APUs with embedded radeon graphics work fine here with two
> > monitors (DVI + HDMI ports).
> 
> Yes, multiple montors work fine with both Intel and Radeon embedded
> graphics with Xorg drivers.
> 
> It's multiple X11 screens that isn't supported.  An X11 screen is the
> entity that's managed by single window manager and comprises what's
> usually called "a desktop". A screen can include multiple monitors.
> 
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/multihead#Separate_screens

You're right, I thought you meant two different monitors in Xinerama style.  I 
didn't know anyone who still uses separate displays (screens) these days.

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