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Re: Screensaver for multi monitor usage



On Tuesday 25 March 2003 02:57, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 11:14:43AM +0100, Mark Ross wrote:
> | My Problem:
> | When the screensaver starts only display 0.0 is used by the
> | screensaver. (naturally by locking the screen, same problem)
> |
> | How can I setup the other displays also to use the screensaver
> | defined for display 0.0 ?
>
> I have a dual-monitor setup and haven't had a problem with this. 
> Have you tried enabling Xinerama?  

[snip]

My experience is that Xinerama works fine for multi-monitor 
screensavers, *except* those that use OpenGL. GL stuff seems to only 
use one head still, probably due to the direct hardware access 
involved.

- Derek



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