Re: Multi-head display

[Daniel Veillard <Daniel Veillard w3 org>]

On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 08:20:42PM -0500, Eric Windisch wrote:
> > Marc Campbell wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all-
> > 
> > I am new to gnome, have looked everywhere I can find, but cannot find
> > the answer to this little problem that I am having...
> > 
> > I am running a plain vanilla RH 6.1 with Enlightenment and GNOME.  I
> > got the MetroX server, and 2 supported Matrox video cards to do the
> > multiple monitors.  It appears that 2 instances of the window manager
> > start, but I am not sure what to do with gnome.  Do I (or can I) start
> > 2 sessions of gnome, one for each monitor / video card?  Can I copy
> > the panel from the primary display to the secondary display?
> > 
> > Any pointers anyone can give would be greatly appreciated...
> > 
> > -Thanks
> > Marc Campbell
> > campbe79@pilot.msu.edu
> 
> I personally run Xfree86 3.9.17 (.18 is now available) which is free. I
> use two matrox cards and a voodoo2.  To do it that way, you would need
> gnome on each display. With Xfree86's optional Xinerama it would be seen
> as one desktop and gnome would accomodate (as if it was just a high
> resolution).

  I'm using 3.9.17 with 2 Matrox cards as one 3200x1200 xinerama display
and I haven't seen any problem so far :-)

Daniel

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