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mclaborn
December 28th, 2010, 04:19 PM
Is it possible to run TwinView with more than 2 monitors. When I try, it seems to recognize the 3rd monitor, but will allow allow them to be configured as separate X screens.
mclaborn
January 6th, 2011, 05:09 PM
Bump.
Krytarik
January 7th, 2011, 01:49 AM
How do you want to set them up exactly, 3 separate X screens, or all 3 connected to a single virtual desktop?

According to some threads and the Nvidia site itself, it's not possible to use the "TwinView" option to achieve the latter.
mclaborn
January 7th, 2011, 03:32 PM
All 3 on a single desktop.
Krytarik
January 7th, 2011, 07:54 PM
All 3 on a single desktop.
IMO this is only possible with Xorg's build-in "Xinerama" option, and this disables hardware acceleration. You might just try to use TwinView.

How to set up the xorg.conf for each option is explained here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Multiple_monitors.2FDual_screen

Please give feedback if TwinView works this way.