Video Wall setup

[Brad Crotchett]

Yeah, I have considered that, but I was wondering if the dual-head cards
were going to give me trouble.  I seem to remember reading that
somewhere.  I guess that is probably my biggest concern.  

Thanks,

Brad

On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 17:25, Duane Attaway wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Brad Crotchett wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > I am trying to set up a video wall at work out of 6 42 inch plasma
> > screens.  We currently have a pc running windows (ugh) that is running
> 
> Have you considered using the xinerama feature in the latest version of 
> X11?
> 
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/
> 
> 1. Introduction
> 
> Why do you need Xinerama ? And what is it ? The Xinerama extensions were
> introduced to the XFree86 system in version 4.0. Xinerama is an extension
> to XFree86 Release 6 Version 4.0 (X4.0) which allows applications and
> window managers to use the two (or more) physical displays as one large
> virtual display.
> 
> The beauty of the Xinerama extensions is that they are totally transparent
> to user space. Previously, applications could only reside on one of the
> displays and could not be moved between the two. Window managers had to be
> specially written to support the two displays. With Xinerama, window
> managers and applications don't have to be specially written to support
> the larger "Virtual Desktop" which Xinerama creates.
> 
> Sounds like fun!
> 
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