[Libdlo] Libdlo Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

[Akshay Sathe]

Hi,

Thank you Greg. You are right, the moblin version of x does not have
xinerama support in it. Xinerama is disabled by default for Moblin (netbook)
2.1, which is the version I am using.

It seems that I will have to recompile X to enable Xinerama. After searching
on google I found out that I have to edit the spec file
'xorg-x11-server.spec' and replace
--disable-xinerama by --enable-xinerama.

I am working on that presently. I'll keep informing of my progress or any
further issues.

Thanks again & Regards,
Akshay.


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>   1. Xinerama not working on Moblin (Akshay Sathe)
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> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:52:17 +0530
> From: Akshay Sathe <satheakshay at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Libdlo] Xinerama not working on Moblin
> To: Libdlo at lists.freedesktop.org
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> Hi All,
>
> I am working on enabling the dual screen display on Moblin netbook version
> via display link. After struggling a little, I was able to achieve it
> partially.
>
> Although the display on both the screens comes up perfectly, I am still
> facing the problem of not being able to transfer windows from one screen to
> the other. I believe Xinerama should be used for this purpose; however
> setting on the xinerama option in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file does not
> achieve this. All windows open in the main screen by default. I am able to
> export windows on the display link screen via the command line.
>
> I have made sure that the color depth for both the screens is 16 and the
> resolution I am using is 1280x1024 for both the screens. Also X -version
> gives the version as 1.6.5. Could this be a problem?
>
> Any suggestions/thoughts on this are welcome.
>
> Thank You & Regards,
> Akshay Sathe.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Akshay Sathe <satheakshay at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks Bernie.
> >
> > Akshay
> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Bernie Thompson <bernie at plugable.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Akshay Sathe <satheakshay at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Any suggestions please?
> >>
> >> Similar Xinerama vs. randr conflicts discussed recently at
> >> http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22458
> >>
> >> Note in your scenario, you really do have 2 separate graphics
> >> controllers, so Xinerama is the way to do it for now.
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >> Bernie
> >>
> >
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> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:26:22 +0200
> From: Christoph Rissner <c.r at visotech.at>
> Subject: [Libdlo] xrandr with nvidia/nouveau
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> Hi,
>
> I'd love to have a working xrandr setup.
>
> I have a running triple-head setup using xinerama on 2 nvidia screens
> (with TwinView enabled) and 1 displaylink screen.
>
> I use the latest xf-video-udlfb driver from git.pluggable.com, but it
> seems xrandr detects only the displaylink output:
>
> $ xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 1280 x 1024, current 3840 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
> DL connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>    1280x1024       0.0*
>
>
> I tried disabling xinerama and/or using nouveau drivers in different
> configurations.
>
> With xinerama disabled I get 2 seperate X screens (cannot drag windows
> between those screens) and xrandr reports only the output of the screen
> its running on, but doesn't "see" the other outputs.
>
> Does this description make any sense? I'm really lost into when it comes
> to X-speak of screens, monitors, outputs ...
>
> However, is there some advice on getting a working xrandr setup where I
> can freely position all my "monitors", no matter whether its the
> displaylink or one of the nvidia ones?
>
> Has anybody tried/succeeded in something similar?
>
> Thanks,
> Christoph
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:26:45 -0700
> From: Greg KH <greg at kroah.com>
> Subject: Re: [Libdlo] Xinerama not working on Moblin
> To: Akshay Sathe <satheakshay at gmail.com>
> Cc: Libdlo at lists.freedesktop.org
> Message-ID: <20100408162645.GC11753 at kroah.com>
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> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 04:52:17PM +0530, Akshay Sathe wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am working on enabling the dual screen display on Moblin netbook
> version
> > via display link. After struggling a little, I was able to achieve it
> > partially.
> >
> > Although the display on both the screens comes up perfectly, I am still
> > facing the problem of not being able to transfer windows from one screen
> to
> > the other. I believe Xinerama should be used for this purpose; however
> > setting on the xinerama option in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file does not
> > achieve this. All windows open in the main screen by default. I am able
> to
> > export windows on the display link screen via the command line.
> >
> > I have made sure that the color depth for both the screens is 16 and the
> > resolution I am using is 1280x1024 for both the screens. Also X -version
> > gives the version as 1.6.5. Could this be a problem?
>
> I do not think that the moblin version of x has xinerama support in it,
> have you checked that?
>
> Which version of moblin are you using?  Have you tried the latest meego
> snapshots instead?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
>
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