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mrmunkz

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Registered: 2012-03-27

Posts: 2

3 screens need 2 in twinview

Hi,

I am trying to get the following set up working:

2x GTX570

3x 24 lcd

The idea is to have 2 monitors in twin view with composting. I do not want xinerama as  I would like to have windows fill only on monitor rather than span two. I wanted to have the 3rd screen rotated. The two in twin view will be on the same cad while the 3rd will be on the second. I would like to be able to have compis on all screens if possible.

I have been trying and reading on this but its not looking possible with my current set up ( hardware as nvidia looks to be part of the problem. not sure )

Next, the general idea is to have the 3rd screen as my monitor for containers. That said it would be nice to be able to drag windows over to it.

I am not so much asking that someone give me a config; rather, I just need to know if its even possible. So far I can not get composting to work and I have enabled it in xorg.conf. additionally, I have been able to get all three screens sysnced. I just cant seem to get compiz to work for me.

I had hoped that by having two cards and 3 monitors in the following connection setup that I would be able to pull it off ::

Card 1 :

    moni1
                Twinview screen with composting
    moni2

Card 2 :

    moni3  Composting.       

Any ideas, docs, examples woud be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Last edited by mrmunkz (2012-03-27 16:50:10)

mrmunkz

Member

Registered: 2012-03-27

Posts: 2

Re: 3 screens need 2 in twinview

Well I got it part of the way. I been able to get composting going. Although its via xfce and not compiz.