Spanning window across 4 monitors

[tyeo098]

So I have this setup and I need to span a Google Chrome window across all 4 monitors. I'm using 2x Nvidia 650Tis outputting to 4x 1080 screens.

I can manually stretch a window to fill all 4 screens, but when I maximize it, it only fills 2 screens. I'm using 2 Nvidia Twinview sections for each screen pair coming off the card.

How do I get the window to automagically fill all 4 screens?

Xorg.conf:


# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 304.37 (buildd@roseapple) Sun Sep 9 05:59:38 UTC 2012

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 304.43 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-02.nvidia.com) Sun Aug 19 21:28:54 PDT 2012

Section "ServerLayout"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "LG Electronics LG TV"
HorizSync 31.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 57.0 - 63.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "LG Electronics LG TV"
HorizSync 31.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 57.0 - 63.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "D14P2-30"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "D14P2-30"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-2: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-2: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection




I currently have each display set up as a separate X screen with xinerama enabled, and I have a working four-monitor desktop setup in a 4x1 arrangement. However, because each display constitutes a separate screen, when I do something like maximize a window, it only fills the one monitor.

I'd really like Ubuntu to treat all of my monitors as one giant screen instead of distinguishing between separate displays (i.e., if I maximize something, it would stretch across all the monitors). It seems like Twinview is designed to do this, but I haven't heard about using it for anything other than two outputs on the same video card. I want to link four monitors that are plugged into two video cards. Is this possible?

[patzbaril]

Hello,

I would like to know if you have a solution for your problem. I would be really interested in the solution. Currently we are attempting to do a similar thing. We an Nvidia Quadro with 4 monitors connected.
We would like to use 1 as the primary and use the 3 others to displays to be seen as a single 1920 x 1080 display, to basically display a web browser page (Chrome).

Do you have any idea??

Thank you!

Pat