The multi-monitor situation
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-Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-September 2011
+Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
+April 2013
-…or: oh no, I have an nVidia graphics card!
+Please upgrade your nVidia driver to version 302.17 or newer and i3 will just
+work. This document is kept around for historic reasons only.
== The quick fix
If you are using the nVidia binary graphics driver (also known as 'blob')
-you need to use the +--force-xinerama+ flag (in your .xsession) when starting
-i3, like so:
+before version 302.17, you need to use the +--force-xinerama+ flag (in your
+.xsession) when starting i3, like so:
.Example:
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<h1>The multi-monitor situation</h1>\r
<span id="author">Michael Stapelberg</span><br />\r
-<span id="email"><tt><<a href="mailto:michael+i3@stapelberg.de">michael+i3@stapelberg.de</a>></tt></span><br />\r
-<span id="revdate">September 2011</span>\r
+<span id="email"><tt><<a href="mailto:michael@i3wm.org">michael@i3wm.org</a>></tt></span><br />\r
+<span id="revdate">April 2013</span>\r
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-<div class="paragraph"><p>…or: oh no, I have an nVidia graphics card!</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Please upgrade your nVidia driver to version 302.17 or newer and i3 will just\r
+work. This document is kept around for historic reasons only.</p></div>\r
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</div>\r
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<h2 id="_the_quick_fix">1. The quick fix</h2>\r
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<div class="paragraph"><p>If you are using the nVidia binary graphics driver (also known as <em>blob</em>)\r
-you need to use the <tt>--force-xinerama</tt> flag (in your .xsession) when starting\r
-i3, like so:</p></div>\r
+before version 302.17, you need to use the <tt>--force-xinerama</tt> flag (in your\r
+.xsession) when starting i3, like so:</p></div>\r
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<div class="title">Example:</div>\r
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