On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 22:46 -0600, Kim Lux wrote: > On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 00:05 -0400, Frank Pineau wrote: > > Ok, so I finally got compiz working on FC6 with my nvidia twinview setup > > (single card, dual-head). > > You must be running 9625. That is a beta driver. > > > Here's the weird thing: > > > > Without effects enabled, each monitor acts like a separate desktop > > segment. I can maximize a window and it will only maximize to that > > monitor. The top and bottom bars span only my left screen. My right > > screen is "extra space". > > That is the way mine is running too. I think that is the desired effect > and that is set in KDE, not nvida. The driver just provides the desktop > space and KDE controls how it is used. I believe it can be changed. > > > With effects enabled, both monitors together act as a single segment, so > > maximized windows span both screens. This is obviously not desirable. > > Any idea why this happens, or more to the point, how to fix it? > > What is going on in the Nvidia X Server Settings app ? What is in your > xorg.conf file ? What changes when you run Configure Desktop ? > It's Gnome, not KDE, but doing some more reading seems to indicate a problem with compiz not honoring xinerama and twinview multi-monitor. Some of the compiz and beryl forums indicate that this may be fixed somewhere upstream, but I haven't been able to confirm that.
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