[Openicc] ICC Profiles In X Specification

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 18:57 +0200, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-10-07 at 15:58 +0200, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> > 
> > > 3 dual head configurations are possible:
> > > o two screens
> > > o one screen with Xinerama
> > > o one screen without Xinerama
> > 
> > Ah, you are talking about the Clone mode where you get the same output
> > on several monitors. Right, that's not quite covered by the spec. But
> > since all monitors are showing the same image, you can't handle this
> > setup at the application level anyway. So it is irrelevant for the ICC
> > Profiles In X specification.
>  
> No. I dont talk about a clone mode. Cloning is irrelevant in this context.
> All tree described configurations are qualified for graphics work.

As explained in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinerama#Dual_display_X_without_Xinerama
running a dual-head X server without Xinerama means using multiple
screens. The third configuration you listed above simply does not exist.
If you disable Xinerama, then you get one screen per physical device.


Sven