TwinView config makes games start across two displays.

Andre-K · 01-22-11, 04:11 PM

Most Linux games that are asked to go fullscreen, does that in the middle of the two monitors.
please help

GTX570, configured with twinview across two 1920x1080 displays:
Ubuntu 10.10, Nvidia driver 260.19.06

mocharhw · 01-22-11, 11:30 PM

You have to define metamodes in your xorg.conf. Similar to this but make it suited to your configuration:

Code:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
    Option         "metamodes" "TV-0: 800x600 +1280+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024_60 +0+0; DFP-1: 1280x1024 +0+0,NULL; DFP-1: 640x480 +0+0,NULL; DFP-1: 320x240 +0+0,NULL; TV-0: 640x480 +1280+0,NULL"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Things should be automatic fullscreen to the main monitor if you set it up correctly. You can use xrandr to switch modes as well. Check the man page.

Andre-K · 01-23-11, 05:12 AM

ok, thanks for trying to help, here is my "metamodes" line:

Code:

    Option         "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-2: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0"

I don't know how I can improve that, or exactly what will make the driver to render to one, instead of both displays. to me it seems like you specified some resolutions, but even if I run a game in fullscreen in 1920x1080 (one displays native resolution) - it's still placed in the middle.

I also know, that some games are fixed by setting a variable, unfortunately, this does not works for all (this is one of my menu-items):
bash -c "export SDL_VIDEO_FULLSCREEN_HEAD=0 && /usr/games/Amnesia/Launcher.bin"

Lysius · 01-23-11, 05:18 AM

Code:

Option      "Metamodes" "1680x1050,1680x1050; 1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x960,1280x960; 1152x864,1152x864; 1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 1680x1050,NULL; 1152x864,NULL; 1024x640,NULL; 1280x1024,NULL; 1280x960,NULL; 1024x768,NULL;800x600,NULL;640x480,NULL"

This line works fine for me with two displays supporting 1680x1050. I have each resolution twice, once with one active display and once with two active displays. When I run a game in full screen mode, the left display is used.

01-22-11, 04:11 PM	#1
Andre-K Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10	TwinView config makes games start across two displays. Most Linux games that are asked to go fullscreen, does that in the middle of the two monitors. please help GTX570, configured with twinview across two 1920x1080 displays: Ubuntu 10.10, Nvidia driver 260.19.06

01-22-11, 11:30 PM	#2
mocharhw Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 113	Re: TwinView config makes games start across two displays. You have to define metamodes in your xorg.conf. Similar to this but make it suited to your configuration: Code: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "1" Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1" Option "metamodes" "TV-0: 800x600 +1280+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024_60 +0+0; DFP-1: 1280x1024 +0+0,NULL; DFP-1: 640x480 +0+0,NULL; DFP-1: 320x240 +0+0,NULL; TV-0: 640x480 +1280+0,NULL" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Things should be automatic fullscreen to the main monitor if you set it up correctly. You can use xrandr to switch modes as well. Check the man page.

01-23-11, 05:12 AM	#3
Andre-K Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 10	Re: TwinView config makes games start across two displays. ok, thanks for trying to help, here is my "metamodes" line: Code: Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-2: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0" I don't know how I can improve that, or exactly what will make the driver to render to one, instead of both displays. to me it seems like you specified some resolutions, but even if I run a game in fullscreen in 1920x1080 (one displays native resolution) - it's still placed in the middle. I also know, that some games are fixed by setting a variable, unfortunately, this does not works for all (this is one of my menu-items): bash -c "export SDL_VIDEO_FULLSCREEN_HEAD=0 && /usr/games/Amnesia/Launcher.bin"

01-23-11, 05:18 AM	#4
Lysius Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 98	Re: TwinView config makes games start across two displays. Code: Option "Metamodes" "1680x1050,1680x1050; 1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x960,1280x960; 1152x864,1152x864; 1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 1680x1050,NULL; 1152x864,NULL; 1024x640,NULL; 1280x1024,NULL; 1280x960,NULL; 1024x768,NULL;800x600,NULL;640x480,NULL" This line works fine for me with two displays supporting 1680x1050. I have each resolution twice, once with one active display and once with two active displays. When I run a game in full screen mode, the left display is used.