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example.com display :0, you
could specify that a window should open on the righthand screen by using the displayspec:
blue.example.com:0.1
Or, for local clients:
:0.1
4.2 Xinerama Configuration
Xinerama mode is similar to multi-screen mode, but it merges several video cards
and monitors into one big screen. This permits you to move windows between monitors
and even span monitors. Xinerama is the most common multiple-monitor configuration
and the most useful for many applications.
The X.org server won??™t configure Xinerama automatically, but it??™s fairly easy to convert
a working multi-screen configuration:
1. Ensure that all of the screens have the same color depth. Each Screen section of
the configuration file should contain a DefaultDepth entry with the same depth
value (typically 24 bits per pixel):
DefaultDepth 24
2. Add this line to the ServerFlags or ServerLayout sections of the configuration
file:
Option "Xinerama"
You can configure any number of screens into a Xinerama display, as long as you can
physically fit the video cards into the system (without shorting them out, overloading
the power supply, or overheating). If you want to configure a display that has
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