funkwurm
October 21st, 2007, 06:53 PM
I've just installed Gutsy and I use 3 monitors on 2 different nVidia cards (GeForce FX 5200 PCI and GeForce 6200 AGP). After playing around with the NVIDIA X Server Settings, I've come to some conclusions I would like verified and some questions.
First my own (unverified) conclusions:
- 2 monitors on 1 card can be TwinViewed (have to be? I couldn't get 3 X screens)
- a 3rd monitor cannot be TwinViewed, it'll need its own separate X screen.
- therefore, if you want to be able to drag windows from 1 X screen to the other, you'll need to enable Xinerama.
- Enabling Xinerama disables compiz, let alone compiz fusion. (got to this conclusion reading this topic (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=563809))
Now the questions that I have:
- Does Gutsy use Compiz or Compiz Fusion? Or maybe both, in the sense that choosing [Normal] in the Visual Effects settings is Compiz and [Extra] is Compiz Fusion?
- Is there any way to enable at least the core Compiz, cause I'd really like at least the Cube and the wobly windows.
- If not at the moment, I'm correct that I should be asking at the Compiz forum whether support for Xinerama set ups is anywhere on their road map, right? (e.g. not Ubuntu or Compiz Fusion)
Thanks in advance
First my own (unverified) conclusions:
- 2 monitors on 1 card can be TwinViewed (have to be? I couldn't get 3 X screens)
- a 3rd monitor cannot be TwinViewed, it'll need its own separate X screen.
- therefore, if you want to be able to drag windows from 1 X screen to the other, you'll need to enable Xinerama.
- Enabling Xinerama disables compiz, let alone compiz fusion. (got to this conclusion reading this topic (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=563809))
Now the questions that I have:
- Does Gutsy use Compiz or Compiz Fusion? Or maybe both, in the sense that choosing [Normal] in the Visual Effects settings is Compiz and [Extra] is Compiz Fusion?
- Is there any way to enable at least the core Compiz, cause I'd really like at least the Cube and the wobly windows.
- If not at the moment, I'm correct that I should be asking at the Compiz forum whether support for Xinerama set ups is anywhere on their road map, right? (e.g. not Ubuntu or Compiz Fusion)
Thanks in advance