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Hello,
As I reported in this(*) bug, the Nouveau ZaphodHeads option (separate
X-displays for the two heads of a single GPU)
stopped working on my GeForce 7600 GT (NV4B/G73) when I upgraded from Fedora 23
to 25. I'm really keen on getting it
back, because it's been painful losing the independent sets of virtual
desktops, plus other annoyances I'm now getting
on XRandR.
But before I dive into harder options such as bisecting an X downgrade to find
the problem, or implementing an
independent virtual desktop option in the MATE window manager, I'd be
interested to find out whether there's anyone with
a newer card (NVidia or AMD) who's successfully using Zaphod on the latest
software. If so, I'll buy myself a new card.
I was forced onto Nouveau when the proprietary Nvidia driver stopped supporting
my card on the latest X. The "Multiple X
Screens"(**) mode of this driver is equivalent to ZaphodHeads. The former
may not be deprecated like the latter. So a
new card and the proprietary driver might give me ongoing reliable
separate-X-display support.
Thanks.
Mark
(*) https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100760
(**)
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/173.14.12/README/chapter-15.html
