[kde-freebsd] dual head under kde4

[Marc G. Fournier]

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As an appendeum, if I start up the kinfocenter, and look at the X-Server tab, 
it shows that I do have two Screens available, both of different sizes ... if 
that matters?

- --On Wednesday, August 13, 2008 21:55:22 -0300 "Marc G. Fournier" 
<freebsd at hub.org> wrote:

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> - --On Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:09:30 -0400 Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.com>
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>> I've used dual-head with KDE4 here a bit, and it seems to work fine with the
>> NVidia TwinView configuration. Whats different is that you have to manually
>> go to the new screen, and setup your desktop wallpaper there, along with any
>> widgets you want to place. It looks like the panel isn't able to stretch
>> across both screens anymore, although you can always add a 2nd panel on the
>> new screen, and add widgets to it.
>
> Hrmmm ... I just tried restarting X with xinermira(sp?) support enabled, and
> get odd results as my monitors are two different sizes ... under KDE3, there
> was a way of starting up a second WM / desktop on Screen 2, vs Screen 1 .. I
> couldn' tmove windows between monitors, but could cut-n-paste between
> monitors,  and start applications on each ... but they were totally
> independent otherwise  ...
>
> Is that functionality gone with KDE4?  I'd hate to have to downgrade back to
> KDE3 :(
>
> My nVidia card is: nvidia0: <GeForce 7900 GS> on vgapci0 ... and I'm using
> the  nvidia kernel module ...
>
> My X config file looks like, in case this is an X related issue:
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> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier	"XFree86 Configured"
> 	Screen		"Screen0"
> 	Screen		"Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
> 	InputDevice	"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice	"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>
>#	Option "xinerama" "on"
>#	Option "clone" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> 	RgbPath      "/usr/local/lib/X11/rgb"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "dri"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "xtrap"
> 	Load  "speedo"
> 	Load  "type1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "keyboard"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>           Identifier  "Mouse0"
>           Driver      "mouse"
>           Option      "Protocol" "Auto"
>           Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>           Option      "Buttons" "5"
>           Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
>         DisplaySize     1440 900
> EndSection
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor1"
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
>         DisplaySize     1680 1050
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "nvidia"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>         Screen	0
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Card1"
> 	Driver      "nvidia"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>         Screen	1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
> 	        Depth       24
> 		Modes       "1440x900"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen1"
> 	Device     "Card1"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor1"
>         DefaultDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
> 	        Depth       24
> 		Modes       "1680x1050"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
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> - --
> Marc G. Fournier        Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. (http://www.hub.org)
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Email . scrappy at hub.org                              MSN . scrappy at hub.org
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