[PD] GEM rendering on secondary monitor

[Urs Liska]

Hi Thomas and Peter,

thank you for your ideas. I was afraid of this kind of info.
I'll have to look into the laptop's documentation to get out of this.
Unfortunately I _need_ to use the laptop in the performance - no way of 
bringing and setting up a desktop there...

Best
Urs

Thomas Ouellet Fredericks schrieb:
> I think most (non apple) laptops only have hardware acceleration one
> monitor(not both simultaneously). One some laptops, you can asign your VGA
> output as the main, and the laptop monitor as the secondary. You will then
> only be able to render on the VGA output. For multi-monitor support, it is
> best to go with desktops, as laptops are made for business people (unless,
> once more, you pay extra and buy a mac).
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 1/22/06, Peter Plessas <plessas at sbox.tugraz.at> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just a guess, that the 2nd VGA output has bad or no real openGL/3D
>> support. Or some graphics memory issue? Often with less dedicated
>> Hardware, the 2nd Desktop has less graphics calcualting power
>> assigned...though there might be some experts around.
>>
>> good luck,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Urs Liska wrote:
>>
>>
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