I have a dual monitor system where the desktop spans across both monitors running OpenSuSE 11.2 64bit. I am using the nVidia drivers for my Asus card.
I play Guild Wars on this system using a GW user I created, and while I had had the system configured with 1 monitor at 1920x1080 Guild Wars played just fine. Now running 2 monitors which totals 3840x1080, I had to configure X11. But now it seems that Guild Wars wants to span across both monitors and as such fails.
What I want is the GW user to only user 1 monitor while everyone else can use dual. Is this possible?
My only other option is too dual boot this system, but that becomes rather inconvenient.
You want two separate screens is that what you want.Using the nvidia-settings you can configure your two monitors into two individual screens. You have to be su to save this setting.
Well hello again,
I have a nVidia card with 2 HP flat screens attached running OpenSuSE 11.2 64 bit. After installing nVidia drivers and creating a X11 file, I have my dual monitors setup perfectly extending my display accross both montiors for my computer users (which there are 3 users ~ wife, me, & GW).
The problem is when I log on as GW to play Guild Wars on, the game wants to try an span accross both monitors and crashes.
Is it possible to dissable monitor 2 when GW logs on?
Well, run the nvidia-settings and look for the two options in setting up your monitors. I am far from my pc with dual monitor at this time and can’t comment further.
Yes you’re right. There might be a possible way who knows but it’s beyond my knowledge. My set up is two separate screen both have there own taskbars and launchers. We use the second monitor for watching video and graphics viewer while working on something on the other monitor. Sometimes those difficult setups, can be found in the gentoo forums howto or wiki.
Joerione,
So it sounds like your running seperate X services which gives each screen its own X service. That might work for me. The way I have it setup now, I can do the same as you. Watch full screen video’s on monitor 2 and work on monitor 1 when set on twinview
Does any one know what the main difference between twinview with 1 X service and dual X services?
The way we have it in nvidia-settings is not as twinview but separate X screens. It is configured via the nvidia-settings x server display configuration.
I changed the nVidia settings to Separate X screens as well, and now it works.
The rest of my systems seems to be working the same way. I wander what the difference is?
Hmm.
Well, thanks for chiming in. Feel free to keep in touch.
My next thing I want to learn is multi-seat, where you have 2 monitors/keyboards/mouse’s to allow 2 different users to login at once.
Glad to hear a positive feedback.
When you are able to accomplish your next project mentioned in your last post, can you please kindly post it here. It will be useful if we decide to follow your route.