Merge pull request #3329 from lasers/next

[i3/i3] / docs / multi-monitor

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 The multi-monitor situation
 ===========================
-Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-March 2010
+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:
 ----------------------------------------------
 exec i3 --force-xinerama -V >>~/.i3/i3log 2>&1
 ----------------------------------------------
 
+…or use +force_xinerama yes+ in your configuration file.
+
 == The explanation
 
 Starting with version 3.ε, i3 uses the RandR (Rotate and Resize) API instead
@@ -50,9 +53,13 @@ these are two screens).
 
 For this very reason, we decided to implement the following workaround: As
 long as the nVidia driver does not support RandR, an option called
-+--force-xinerama+ is available in i3. This option gets the list of screens
-*once* when starting, and never updates it. As the nVidia driver cannot do
-dynamic configuration anyways, this is not a big deal.
++--force-xinerama+ is available in i3 (alternatively, you can use the
++force_xinerama+ configuration file directive). This option gets the list of
+screens *once* when starting, and never updates it. As the nVidia driver cannot
+do dynamic configuration anyways, this is not a big deal.
+
+Also note that your output names are not descriptive (like +HDMI1+) when using
+Xinerama, instead they are counted up, starting at 0: +xinerama-0+, +xinerama-1+, …
 
 == See also