Dual X displays - separate font settings possible?

[Marc Schwartz]

> Marc Schwartz wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >This is likely not an xfce specific question, but thought that I would
> >inquire here.
> >
> >I am running the CVS version of xfce under FC2 on a Dell 5150 laptop,
> >which has a 15 inch 1600x1200 internal display. The internal video card
> >is a NVidia 64 mb board and I am using the NVidia driver.
> >
> >I just began playing around with running dual monitors (the internal lcd
> >panel plus a second panel connected to the external rgb connector port).
> >
> >I have edited my xorg.conf to enable either a 'clone' mode or a Xinerama
> >based mode to test both separately. I am not using the NVidia TwinView
> >mode. 
> >
> >Perhaps not surprisingly, the display performance is better using the
> >clone mode, as there is some notable display update performance loss in
> >Xinerama mode. Both are slower than only running a single display.
> >
> >In either case, the second display is running at 1280x1024 and the
> >default application font size, which I have set for the 1600x1200 panel,
> >is rather large on the lower resolution panel.
> >
> >Is there any way to specify the font size on the second display,
> >independent of the first, in either of the dual display modes?
> >
> >BTW, if anyone knows of a good 17 inch LCD panel that does 1600x1200 I
> >would love to hear about it. It seems you need to go to at least a 19
> >inch and generally 20+ to get that resolution in a desktop display.
> >
> >Thanks for any replies.
> >
> >Marc

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 15:37, Chris Greenman wrote:
> I may be wrong on this but I would say no.  when the X server runs in 
> Xinerama mode it turns both monitors into a single display (:0.0 for 
> example).  Since there is only one display there is only one set of 
> resources. 
> 
> Now if you were running 2 different monitors in NON Xinerama mode (:0.0 
> and :0.1) then I would say Yes it is possible.
> 
> Chris

Chris,

Thanks for the reply.

I have, at this point, given up on xinerama mode, as the display update
performance is quite slow. I don't know if that is because the card I
have cannot handle running that mode or not. This is an issue on both
screens, not just the external display. 

Perhaps this mode is best run with two physical cards, rather than one.
Either that or I'll need to play around with the nVidia TwinView
configuration, to see if that yields better performance.

Thus, I am running in "clone" mode, where I have two independent screens
(no dragging of windows across the two). The performance here is quite
acceptable.

I have Googled for a solution, but have come up empty handed so far. I
also posted a note to comp.os.linux.x, but no replies there as of yet
either.

If there are any ideas, let me know.

Thanks,

Marc