https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=359980 Summary: support multiple X servers with nvidia graphics card Product: SUSE Linux 10.1 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: SuSE Linux 10.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 3rd Party AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: estellnb@gmail.com QAContact: sndirsch@novell.com Found By: Community of Practice Basically this feature had always been available with the early versions of NVidia drivers from x86-1.0-9625 throughout to x86-1.0-9625. As far as I know it has also been available in the x86-100 series although I have not tested for it extensively. However the most recent version x86-169.07 does not allow to start a second X server under average circumstances any more (see Bug 359608). I am not sure yet whether this is truely caused by the driver itself or because I have recently enabled the composite extension in my xorg.conf to obtain transparency support for KDE. Though running a second X server has never officially been supported by Nvidia (according to my previous correspondence with nv in concern of the graph.drv.) it has always worked quite well. Nevertheless doing so is very helpful when working with desktops of different machines as well as for gameplaying: Starting a second X-server is the most clean approach to prevent undesirable changes caused by some games to the graphics mode or mouse support (f.e. on recent xorg versions mouse starts to hang in addition to other nasty resolution changes after running jumpnbump - applies to anc. ati as well as nv gc.). Moreover without starting a second X-server things like xinerama have to be disabled in advance because most games will not work otherwise, which does on the other hand cause undesirable changes to the working desktop (window and desktop icon coordinata may be garbeled). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.