Matthijs wrote:
Now I'm not yet sure what to choose in XFree86: I've tried two screens with separate drivers and framebuffers. This has disadvantages: 1) I cannot give the displays different backdrops; (cosmetic but I like different backdrops)
Off-topic, but does your Windows setup allow you to display different backdrops on your different screens? I ask because I too like different backdrops on a dual-screen setup in Windows (2000), but the only way I have found so far is to manually create a large image that contains the images I want to see, scaled to the correct size.
Perhaps most of it is a matter of getting used to a new system, but so far it looks like dual screen on Windows is overall a bit more userfriendly. Any hints on how to get Sarge to behave better? Tools or applications specifically for dual screen configurations that I've missed?
I'm no expert on dual-screen in X, but I think you need xinerama to make it behave like that.
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