From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KpPeo-0003Y6-0g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 59F94E01E4; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31FB8E01E4 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED9F2646CD for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.326 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.326 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.206, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8E6Wsq4z4VEh for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B00064415 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KpPeS-0003IV-Fq for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:08 +0000 Received: from 64.251.14.41 ([64.251.14.41]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:08 +0000 Received: from grante by 64.251.14.41 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:08 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Xinerama vs TwinView for dual monitor setup Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200810112334.10957.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <48F2A477.5030600@netspace.net.au> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.251.14.41 User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 9960974c-5e83-4689-8ca8-a3e895a3503a X-Archives-Hash: e975807156d0904b77b273e5c8c8a6e0 On 2008-10-13, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> * Displays can have different resolutions, sizes, depths. >> >> So can xinerama / twinview :) > > I thought I had read somewhere that they had to have the same > depth at least. Based on what little I do know about Xlib I'm also pretty surprised that a window can span two displays that have different resolutions (DPI). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... he dominates the at DECADENT SUBWAY SCENE. visi.com