<DIV>Xinerama is handled by twinview using the Nvida drivers.</DIV>
<DIV>Currently I dont think the nv driver will do xinerama.<BR><BR><B><I>Randal Adamson <ranz@devdata.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 11:13 +0800, Russell Steicke wrote:<BR>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 09:45:30AM +0800, Randal Adamson wrote:<BR>> > Hi Guys,<BR>> > <BR>> > I'm having some issues getting Xinerama to work on Debian.<BR>> > <BR>> > A few things to consider:<BR>> > <BR>> > - I'm running unstable with Kernel 2.6.11-9-amd64-K8<BR>> > - I'm currently running XFree86<BR>> > - I'm running Gnome 2.10<BR>> > - I'm using an NVidia GeForce FX5200 card (dual head)<BR>> > <BR>> > What do you think the best solution?<BR>> <BR>> I've been running debian with xinerama on a dual head MX400 for<BR>> perhaps three years without trouble. The XINERAMA extension is<BR>> available on the X server even though it's commented in the<BR>> XF86Config-4. I think nVidia's TwinView option enables it.<BR>> <BR>> Would
you like me to email you my XF86Config-4?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR>Hi Russell,<BR><BR>I'm pretty ok with setups of the XF86Config-4 files (xorg.conf) - it's<BR>not the problem. I'm sure it's a plain driver issue. I'm using "nv" as<BR>the driver - which is the default kernel driver for nvidia. A lot of<BR>people say to use the nvidia driver (but mine doesn't support it).<BR><BR>I've just installed x.org - now running ok.<BR><BR>Still need to get xinerama to work.<BR><BR>Just downloaded driver from Nvidia.com (for AMD64) - and tried to run it<BR>and had a segmentation fault.<BR><BR>Been doing some googling - and a lot of debian users recommend using the<BR>deb package for nvidia-kernel - and recompiling the kernel to support<BR>this.<BR><BR>Might try that.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Ranz<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au<BR>http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<BR>Committee e-mail:
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