Toralf Lund wrote: > Hi, > > Is anyone here using TwinView with NVIDIA graphics drivers under > CentOS 5? Just tried this configuration (I've been using dual monitors > as separate X screens in the past), and while it works in a sense, > there are a few issue that will probably prevent me from using it for > real. Notably, which screen new applications start on (when using the > Applications menu or panel launchers) seems to be quite arbitrary. I > expect windows to open on whichever screen I initiated their creation, > I suppose, but they will often appear on the other one. This is using > the GNOME desktop. > > Another slight issue is with the notification icons. I really want to > display duplicates of these, so I can view them on both screens, but > is seems like the Notification Area doesn't work this way, i.e. it > will never display more than one of each icon even when there are > several instances of the area. But this is a problem I also have when > using separate X screens. > > So, what are other people's experiences with a dual monitor setup? > > - Toralf > > This e-mail, any attachments and response string may contain > proprietary information, which are confidential and may be legally > privileged. It is for the intended recipient only and if you are not > the intended recipient or transmission error has misdirected this > e-mail, please notify the author by return e-mail and delete this > message and any attachment immediately. If you are not the intended > recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, forward, copy, print > or rely in this e-mail in any way except as permitted by the author. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Toralf, I have two systems both running nvidia twinview and gnome. My experience with opening apps is that it appears totally random - it is somewhat related to the window least used, but each time I think I have it figured out it does something else. As my xorg.conf is basically the same on both - this may be the reason for identical behavior. I do not recall how I got them setup initially about two years ago - it was a nightmare, thus I keep a copy of xorg.conf and use it. My reading on xorg.conf seems to support the view that this file's setup is black art / black magic. I also understand that some devices can now bypass this ....... i.e keyboard and mouse ..... no logical design in place. HTH Rob -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rkampen.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 196 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090720/b6e3e95b/attachment-0005.vcf>