[OpenIndiana-discuss] /hipster: MATE + NVIDIA + 2 monitors :: full screen problem

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Tue Sep 5 14:24:34 UTC 2017


On 09/ 5/17 12:59 AM, Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have strange problem on my /hipster installation (since I have moved
> to Mate from Gnome).
> 
> There were no changes on hardware in mean time:
> 
> pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x10de device 0x0605
>   NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT]
> 
> In Gnome, I was able to use Xinerama and to have separate workspaces on 2 
> screens.. E.G. If I wanted to watch video on full screen, only that monitor was 
> used.

Are you sure Xinerama was turned on then?  Xinerama combines screens into a
single logical screen, so what you want sounds like the opposite of Xinerama.

Have you tried turning Xinerama off?

	-alan-



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