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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:04:49 +0000 Simon Williams wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Simon Williams wrote: > >> Rob Beard wrote: > >>> I had a bit of a play with it last night, I managed to get the > >>> two independent desktops working with two video cards (and also > >>> one dual head card but the screen updates were a bit sluggish) > >>> but the keyboard wouldn't work. > >> When you say independent desktops I assume you mean dual-head, > >> where both desktops are controlled by one instance of X and you > >> can go between them by sliding the mouse across? > >> Or have you somehow managed to get 2 X servers to share the same > >> memory access? > >> > > > > I was actually thinking two copies of X with their own window > > managers and own keyboards and mice. I've managed to set it up so > > I can move the windows and mouse between the two screens using an > > Nvidia card with Twinview (using the proprietory drivers :-|). > > As I suspected. It's just not possible to have 2 X servers using the > same card- even if the card has 2 monitors. > > The only way of doing it is to have a second card. > With the nVidia-Settings application (for tweaking settings using the proprietary nvidia Xorg+kernel modules) when you 'configure' 2 monitors you're given the option of "disabled", "twinview" or "separate x sessions" (IIRC). I've never played with it as I generally only want twinview on my laptop... but what does it do? I always figured it configured each output as separate x sessions. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html