[Bf-funboard] dual monitor support!!

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Great stuff! I keep being spammed by people complaining about it.
Now, where's that knowledge base again...

-Ton-

On Tuesday, Jun 17, 2003, at 16:26 Europe/Amsterdam, Nathan Allworth =20
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> It can be done. I do it with my two monitors, however the best setup =20=

> is with a dual-head card, with the same resolution for each monitor. I =
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> use NVIDIA hardware to do this, and it seems to be the best.
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> If you=92re using Linux you=92re going to want to make sure you are =
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> NVIDIA drivers, not the =93nv=94 driver that come with xfree. Set it =
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> that Linux treats the two monitors as a single, extra wide display.
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> If you=92re using another card under Linux, and drivers aren=92t =
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> from manufacturer X, then I=92m not sure how you=92d set that up.
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> If windows just make sure you=92re using NVIDIA (again if you have =20
> NVIDIA hardware) drivers just be sure that nview is setup so that =20
> windows treats the card as one single extra wide display. This is =20
> crucial because acceleration can drop dramatically if Windows treats =20=

> the card as two separate devices in the system, same with Linux.
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> Now make sure window spanning is enabled in windows, or if in Linux =20=

> that you have a =93dynamic=94 version of blender, dynamic will expand =20=

> blender over both monitors, it=92s full-screen.
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> Make a backup copy of your .b.blend file, wherever it may be. In =20
> windows it=92s in your application data folder under your user dir. In =
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> Linux it=92s under your home dir. make sure you can view hidden files, =
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> as it is hidden under Linux.
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> Now load blender, then load the .blend from the file there. Then open =20=

> it with blender, set your setting as usual, then hit ctrl+U and enter.
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> http://www.elysiun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3D12545=DF-----A thread =
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> of about it
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> http://reblended.com/www/dittohead/files/DUALblend.zip=DF-----the =
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> and some instructions.
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> Have lots o=92 fun!!
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> -Nathan Allworth (dittohead)
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> PS: just letting people know it can be done.
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