Re: Fullscreen on dual monitors
Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 16:37 +0800, Bob wrote:
When you do this does one of your screens shimmer?
I do but only very seldom on the secondary screen, mostly when I have
something with a bright background (say a blank document in OpenOffice).
But since my secondary screen is pretty much exclusively used for
console work (white on black) it doesn't really bother me.
Mmm, do we think this is a hardware problem, or a software bug? It
doesn't happen to you when you play a video? What resolutions are you
using? I notice it's less pronounced with lower resolutions and
frequencies? It doesn't happen to me with just a blank white screen,
only with video or animated websites and it's not ideal.
So is there a way to restrict one application to only one physical screen?
Sorry, don't know, with video overlay you can control which screen it
works on with
Option "OverlayOnCRTC2" "true"
in your xorg.conf despite this quote from the RADEON driver man page
"the option OverlayOnCRTC2 has been replaced by the Xv attribute
XV_SWITCHCRT; the overlay can be switched to CRT1 or CRT2 on the fly in
clone mode"
I'm not using clone mode - my desktop is extended over both screens. My
overlay seems to go over both screens. I'll try it anyway.
I wouldn't bother, I was just pointing out that overlay got treated
differently by the driver, but wine won't be using overlay.
Are you using the Option "MergedXinerama", it defaults to on, try
disabling or enabling it.
It seems other people have similar problems
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4130
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dual+%28head+%7C+screen+%7C+monitor%29+site%3Awww.winehq.org
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wine+%22dual+%28head+%7C+screen+%7C+monitor%29%22+%22full+screen%22&btnG=Search
Here's my device section for MergedFB, it may be that you have to go
back to genuine xinerama, I can post my working xorg.conf for that if
you'd like.
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Rad"
Driver "ati"
# Primary
# ChipId 0x5960
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "AGPMode" "4" # Set AGP data transfer rate, only
used when DRI is enabled, 1 2 4 8
# Option "AGPFastWrite" "FALSE" # speeds up but causes a lot of
problems, only used when DRI is enabled
Option "EnablePageFlip" "TRUE" # page flipping for 3D accel,
increases performance but doesn't work in rare cases, hence default is off.
Option "RenderAccel" "on"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # Valid options are XAA and EXA, XAA
old, reliable & default, EXA newer faster
Option "FBTexPercent" "0" # with EXA 0 may be faster but may
cause probs, XAA no real efect, default 50
Option "DynamicClocks" "TRUE" # may save power may slow 3D
don't know if it works on PCs, is for laptops
Option "SubPixelOrder" "RGB"
Option "MergedFB" "TRUE" #Enable MergedFB function
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LCD, CRT" # Use LCD and CRT even if you
have 2 LCD's or CRT's
Option "CRT2Hsync" "31-83" #Horizontal Sync of the Monitor
(check your monitor's manual for correct values)
Option "CRT2VRefresh" "56-75" #Vertical Refresh rate of the
Monitor (check your monitor's manual for correct values)
# Option "CRT2Position" "LeftOf" #Physical location of your
secondary monitor in relationship to your primary monitor.
Option "CRT2Position" "LeftOf 176" # plus offset
Option "MergedXinerama" "TRUE" # Simliate Xinerama default true
Option "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" "TRUE" # set the right or
top screen to 0 default FALSE
# Option "MergedDPI" "85" # tinker with DPI
Option "MergedNonRectangular" "TRUE" # stop smaller head
scrolling round default FALSE
Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200-1280x1024" #Monitor Resolutions
for Primary-Secondary monitors
# Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024-1280x1024" #Monitor Resolutions
for Primary-Secondary monitors
EndSection
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