[linux-audio-dev] Two or more monitors) Re: Project: modularsynth editor

[Steve Harris]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 04:41:06PM +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > Xinerama _does_ support open GL, at least with my matrox card, I can have
> > openGL on one monitor of the two. That is a limitation of the card
> > hardware, AFAIK, not of X.
> 
> I doubt this is a hardware limitation. The hardware just renders to AGP or
> local memory. I may be wrong though...

IIRC Matrox cards have a way of making a single framebuffer (with xinerama
hints) that appears on two monitors. That way you should get 3d accel on
both displays.

- Steve