[indiana-discuss] svn111 display issues

[Pablo Méndez Hernández]

Ahhm, Ok. Thanks for the explanation :)

I'll forward my question there.


Cheers.


2009/4/8 Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com>:
> The fix is for the OpenGL/compiz issue - it shouldn't affect monitor spanning
> in the slightest, which is why I replied to the compiz post with it, not yours.
>
> Your monitor-spanning problem is probably something in whichever window manager
> you use (metacity or compiz) - twinview makes two monitors act as one virtual
> screen, but the window manager should be able to detect the boundaries by using
> the Xinerama extension protocol/libXinerama library and act appropriately.
>
> You'll have better luck asking the window manager folks in desktop-discuss though.
>
>        -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
> Pablo Méndez Hernández wrote:
>> Hi Alan:
>>
>> After applying the fix:
>>
>> $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select listprop options/vendor
>> options/vendor  astring  nvidia
>>
>> I continue having problems with windows spanning both monitors.
>>
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 16:39, Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
>>> Al Slater wrote:
>>>> Also compiz visual effects won't start.  It looks like the Nvidia GLX
>>>> extensions are not loading.  Running
>>>> /lib/opengl/ogl_select/nvidia_vendor_select and restarting gdm fixed
>>>> that until I rebooted.
>>> Known issue, documented in the build 111 release notes at
>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=99516&tstart=0 :
>>>
>>>>> 6822628 constype returns unexpected value for nvidia card, ogl-select picks
>>>>> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6822628
>>>>>
>>>>> Systems with NVIDIA graphics have a non-accelerated OpenGL,
>>>>> rendering Compiz and other 3-D applications inoperable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Work-around: Explicitly set the "vendor" property in the
>>>>> "ogl-select" service and restart the "ogl-select" service
>>>>>
>>>>> $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select \
>>>>> setprop options/vendor = nvidia
>>>>> $ svcadm restart application/opengl/ogl-select
>>>>>
>>>>> Then, select the "Log Out" menu item from the "System" menu and
>>>>> log back in again.

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Pablo Méndez Hernández