[Bug 1846] xinerama gives unexpeccted results on unified walls

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------- Additional Comments From kem at freedesktop.org  2005-02-01 14:10 -------
Ideally, the window managers and applications that are Xinerama-aware should be
updated to make them to work effectively in both multi-monitor and display wall
environments.  But, that will take a while to make happen.  So, while I don't
think changing the X server is the "correct" solution, a workaround is needed
while the apps and window managers fix their code.

Thankfully, there is a simple workaround to fool Xinerama-aware clients into
thinking that the Xinerama extension is disabled, which is simpler than the one
above.  I'll attach it next.  What it does is to exploit the XineramaIsActive
library call, which all Xinerama-aware clients use to determine if Xinerama
should be used.  When this call returns FALSE, the client does not use their
special Xinerama-aware code, and falls back to the single screen case.
          
     
     
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