[SGVLUG] Xgl/3Ddesktop with dual monitors

[Matthew Gallizzi]

For whatever it's worth, I've tried to get XGL working. I actually borked my
system and needed to reinstall. I've come to the conclusion that I don't
care for it because it does nothing for me. I believe in productivity. I use
fluxbox because it's quick, simple, and I've trained myself to learn all
shortcuts and create new shortcuts for xterm, firefox, vmware... etc. XGL is
(I think) eye candy and helps me little in terms of productivity. I'd prefer
quickness with fluxbox over XGL (my boxes aren't all that hardware wise).

KISS.

My two cents for XGL :)

P.S. By KISS, I'm not calling you all stupid. *chuckle* - just my philosophy
:)

On 10/12/06, Michael Proctor-Smith <mproctor13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/12/06, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone gotten the Xgl/3D desktop to work with xinerama to support
> > dual monitors?  I've been having a blast playing with the eye-candy
> > that came with mandriva 2007.  The rotating cube for managing virtual
> > desktops instead of alt+tab'ing is pretty darn cool as are the other
> > effects but I can't get it to work when I enable xinerama and/or
> > multi-monitors.
> >
> As I can't remeber if Xgl/3D is the one that requires open drivers.
> But the answer is that as far as I know only the binary NVIDIA drivers
> provide 3d accelerated xinerama support. That is probably your problem
> if you don't that NVIDIA hardware, and drivers. The problem if you
> want to know is that xinerama works by rendering the entire display on
> every screen and then only showing the proper part on the proper
> screen.
>



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Matthew Gallizzi
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