How to switch between 1 and 2 screen configs without restarting X?

C

caesius

Got dual monitors set up. All is working well however whenever I start WOW it doesn't like having two displays. Easy solution, I just comment out the line below and restart Xorg, then undo the change when I'm finished playing.

Code: 
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "Layout0"
        Screen 0        "Screen0"
#       Screen 1        "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

But its getting to be a bit of a pain commenting this out, then restarting the X server every time I play games. Is there a way to change these settings on the fly without a restart?

Cheers.
 
If you are just using one screen across two monitors (attached to one video card), and don't need to rotate one of them separately from the other, nvidia supports something called Dynamic Twinview, which should do exactly what you're looking for.

Adam
 
adamk said:
If you are just using one screen across two monitors (attached to one video card), and don't need to rotate one of them separately from the other, nvidia supports something called Dynamic Twinview, which should do exactly what you're looking for.
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What Adam said. You can install x11/nvidia-settings to change your monitor setup if you're running the nvidia driver.
 
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