Re: Gnome 3 vs scientists (ie., external monitor problem)

["Jason D. Clinton" <me jasonclinton com>]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 07:25, Adam Tauno Williams
<awilliam whitemice org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 11:20 -0400, Jan Skowron wrote:
>> I am writing to ask: which exact parameter of a graphics card decides
>> about the maximal resolution card can handle in 3d accelerated mode
>> (needed for Gnome 3)?
>> I couldn't find this on the Gnome 3 web page. Could you add a link to
>> such information in the FAQ section where talking about the graphics
>> requirements?
>
> It is currently problematic;  simply put - GNOME3 [specifically mutter?]
> has issues with multiple displays.
>
> mutter does not support multiple X11 screens
> <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648156>

Xrandr works just fine. The bug above is specific to people who edit
their Xorg conf and configure multiple X11 displays--this is a
confusing name but it's entirely different from Xrandr screens. GLX
just doesn't work with multiple displays (yet) because moving state
from one display to another is not implemented.