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.
next prev 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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