Xinerama
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Image:Xinerama.jpg Xinerama is an extension to the X Window System which allows applications and window managers to use the two (or more) physical displays as one large virtual display.
It was originally developed by DEC (under the name PanoramiX), who contributed it to The Open Group for X11 Release 6.4 (X11R6.4), where it was renamed Xinerama. From there it was incorporated into XFree86 for the XFree86 4.0 release, and Solaris in the Solaris 7 11/99 release.
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Known problems
Xinerama requires that the physical screens have the same bit depth — an 8-bit screen cannot be combined with a 16-bit screen.
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References
- Overview of X11R6.8 (X.Org)
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