From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:49:14 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs/multi-monitor: nVidia ≥ 302.17 works just fine (Thanks HedgeMage) X-Git-Tag: 4.6~56 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=114d7bf2625df290c6508de20aa4e08c21a146fe;p=i3%2Fi3 docs/multi-monitor: nVidia ≥ 302.17 works just fine (Thanks HedgeMage) --- diff --git a/docs/multi-monitor b/docs/multi-monitor index a1fd6dc0..cafe5691 100644 --- a/docs/multi-monitor +++ b/docs/multi-monitor @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ The multi-monitor situation =========================== -Michael Stapelberg -September 2011 +Michael Stapelberg +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: ----------------------------------------------