On 13/03/13 18:56, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013, Steven Haigh wrote:
>
>> On 03/13/2013 08:09 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>> -- snip --
>>> I've had some bits of this suggested to me,
>>>
>>> Can you try this xorg.conf and see if life gets any better?
>>>
>>> Pat
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I put this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I get three screens in the
>> correct order, but I cannot move windows between the screens. Whatever
>> screen I start an application on, that is where it is stuck. If I try,
>> the mouse gets to the edge of the screen and moves no further.
>>
>> When I'm not dragging a window, I can move the cursor around between
>> windows without issue.
>
> That sounds like Xinerama has gone.
>
> Whilst searching for more on the fglrx driver I did get the
> impression that many people were struggling to get ati hardware
> working with all three of RANDR, Xinerama and fglrx.
> I fear that you have to pick any two.
>

Yeah - it does seem a little ordinary... :( If only the OSS X driver 
didn't cause the card to draw heaps more power - therefore running the 
fan on the video card at high speed all the time :(

I'm still going to keep hunting though :)

-- 
Steven Haigh

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