[NTLUG:Discuss] Multiple Monitors for 1 box - virtual consoles

[Seth Daniel]

Doesn't the Xinerama extension allow you to
treat multiple monitors as a single screen?

Some older information is here: (search for xinerama)

  http://www.xfree86.org/snapshots/3.9.15/RELNOTES1.html

There are probably newer docs on this I just don't know
where they are. :o(

On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 02:24:01PM -0500, George E. Lass wrote:
> "Daniel L. Shipman" wrote:
> > 
> > OK - can I have Multiple Monitors all connected to 1 box each running a
> > different virtual console?
> > 
> > Daniel Shipman, VP Internet Services
> > SRJ Marketing Communications
> > Phone * 214-528-5775
> > Fax   * 214-599-0775
> > 
> 
> Since this thread was originally posted, XFree86 4.0
> has been released with multihead support.  It may not
> be exactly what you are looking for, but I installed it
> quite painlessly and the results were kinda cool!
> 
> What I wanted to be able to do is use 2 monitors as a single
> desktop.  For example, I wanted to start gimp and place
> the image to be edited on one monitor and the various
> toolkits on the other.  I've seen this done on a MAC,
> and it makes things much easier.
> 
> What I actually got was 2 different desktops which can't
> be shared.  When I started fvwm it initialized on both
> desktops (monitors), with completely seperate task bars etc.
> 
> George
> 
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