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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:59:27 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48F2A477.5030600@netspace.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gcr9p1$vuc$1@ger.gmane.org>

Grant Edwards wrote:
[snip]
>
> There's a third option you haven't mentioned: two different
> displays rather than a large virtual display spread across two
> monitors.

[snip]

> Pros:
>
>    * Mouse movement and focus still act like one large display.
>
>    * Each display can have it's own set of virtual desktops and
>      they can be switched indpendantly.

Really?  When I set up separate X screens, changing virtual desktops on 
one display (eg from "VD1" to "VD2") also changed it on the other display.

>    * Things like window-manager panels/docs/taskbars are managed
>      separately for the two displays.
>
>    * Displays can have different resolutions, sizes, depths.

So can xinerama / twinview :)

-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

When things go well, expect something to explode, erode, collapse or
just disappear.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-13  1:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-11 21:34 [gentoo-user] Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup Alan McKinnon
2008-10-11 22:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2008-10-12  8:04   ` Alan McKinnon
2008-10-12 14:30     ` Grant Edwards
2008-10-13  1:29   ` Iain Buchanan [this message]
2008-10-13 14:39     ` Grant Edwards
2008-10-13 15:48       ` Grant Edwards
2008-10-12 15:27 ` [gentoo-user] " YoYo siska
2008-10-13  2:02 ` Iain Buchanan
2008-10-13  7:10   ` Alan McKinnon
2008-10-13 11:53     ` YoYo siska
2008-10-13 12:05       ` Alan McKinnon

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