From: Shawn C. Powell (shawncp@kcnet.com)
Date: 03/07/03


Message-ID: <3E693FBE.6070602@kcnet.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 19:18:55 -0600
From: "Shawn C. Powell" <shawncp@kcnet.com>
Subject: Re: Video Wall setup

I've used Xinerama with a setup of dual single-headed-cards. As I
recall, Mplayer played beautifully across both screens. I haven't had
access to a dual-headed card to try though.

I've since turned Xinerama off, and just run two displays, because my
two screens are sized differently which leaves a "dead" area that not
all programs (or is it the window manager?) deal with well. (A program
might open a window in a non-existent area of the entire virtual screen.
 With a symmetric setup that shouldn't be a problem though.)

If it would help, I could re-enable Xinerama and try some specific tests
for you. The specific setup would be:
        Gentoo Linux 2.4.19-gentoo-r10
        Athlon thunderbird 1.2 Ghz

        screen 0: 1600x1200 on Nvidia Geforce 2 MX-200 (AGP)
        screen 1: 1024x768 on Voodoo 3000 (PCI)

It would be fun to see a wall set up and running :)

Best regards,
Shawn