On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:31:24 +0100 Charles de Noyelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 08:39:36PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:48:09 +1100 Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > > > Greetings. > > > > > > I've set up MergedFB ( on a Radeon, r300 ) in pseudo-xinerama mode ( > > > after a LOT of mucking around ). E can 'see' the correct resolution ( > > > 2048x768 ), but I'm having trouble getting shelves to cover the 2 > > > screens. I'm guessing this is because E doesn't support MergedFB > > > pseudo-xinerama mode. Is this correct? I haven't tried normal xinerama > > > yet ... I was attracted to MergedFB because I can get hardware > > > acceleration of 3D and xv on both heads with it. Anyway, no major hassle > > > ... I'm just experimenting. > > > > e doesnt know anything about mergedfb nor twinview - these are driver-level > > only things. x clients know nothing beyond what x tells them via xinerama. > > as far as e is concerned the only things that matters is what xinerama > > says. if xinerama says you have 2 screens - then e will treat it as such. > > > > check that ecore_x built with xinerama support. > > I have a "feature request" about this : > Matrox does not have full accel with xinerama ON. Instead, you have > merged lame screen ; that just mean when you maximize a window, it will > spread on the three screens. > > So I use xinerama to have a more acceptable behaviour. > > The feature request must be the same as Daniel : can e behave "as if" it > was xinerama ? For instance : > You have just one screen. > You go to the "pseudo-xinerama options", and you have : > 1024 x 768 > You can split it into : > 512*768 + 512*768 > > and you have 2 virtual screen on your screen. This enables you to use > the "maximize" button, and the window will just fill the "half" of the > screen (since it is a pseudo screen) > > Of course, it is a weird behaviour when having one screen, but when you > *have to* "merge" the screens, it becomes more useful. > (and regarding backgrounds too ! e has command-line options to fake xinerama info as if xinerama gave it to e - but it is intended for debugging and a workaround broken xservers only. > > Thanx to all of you for dev'ing E ! > > -- > Charles de Noyelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "If all you have is a hammer, everything's a nail" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
