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Rob Beard wrote: > Simon Williams wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >>> I had a bit of a play with it last night, I managed to get the two >>> independent desktops working with two video cards (and also one dual >>> head card but the screen updates were a bit sluggish) but the keyboard >>> wouldn't work. >> When you say independent desktops I assume you mean dual-head, where >> both desktops are controlled by one instance of X and you can go between >> them by sliding the mouse across? >> Or have you somehow managed to get 2 X servers to share the same memory >> access? >> > > I was actually thinking two copies of X with their own window managers > and own keyboards and mice. I've managed to set it up so I can move the > windows and mouse between the two screens using an Nvidia card with > Twinview (using the proprietory drivers :-|). As I suspected. It's just not possible to have 2 X servers using the same card- even if the card has 2 monitors. The only way of doing it is to have a second card. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html