# Initialization # # PUBLIC at `http://reluk.ca/sys/computer/workstation/etc/` — for no particular reason. Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "false" # ‘Else the Nvidia driver says, ‘The Composite and Xinerama extensions # are both enabled, which is an unsupported configuration’. EndSection Section "ServerFlags" # Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" # # In case the mouse is new, or otherwise needs to be configured by trial and error. ## pending need Option "BlankTime" "0" # Not to suddenly blank my screens. Option "DefaultServerLayout" "6-screen" Option "DontZoom" "true" # Do not capture keypad `Ctrl Alt -` and `+` for ‘zoom’ control. Option "Xinerama" "true" # I configure multiple X screens across multiple video cards and processors, and use # Xinerama to combine them into a single virtual screen. [MXS] # # RandR might be an alternative [RVS]. I would want instructions on making it work across # multiple video cards; what CaptainCrutches sought and failed to find [CC]. # But Web searches have revealed some promising hits [RRX]. # # Nvidia’s TwinView might also be an alternative; less robust because it would tie me # to Nvidia. Again, I would have to verify that it works across multiple video cards. EndSection # NOTES # ───── # CC · https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1gp4gk/multi_gpus_and_xrandr_possible_or_not/ # # MXS Multiple X screens, configured as instructed for Nouveau. # https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/MultiMonitorDesktop.html # # RRX RandR as a replacement for Xinerama. https://superuser.com/a/960335/920286 # # ‘Since randr version 1.5, it has been possible to combine monitors into one virtual display. # This is an updated version of what was possible with Xinerama’. # https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multihead#RandR # # RVS RandR virtual screen. # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/multihead#Combine_screens_into_virtual_display