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frizzle21 (frederik-nnaji) wrote : Re: unity does not work for multiple monitors

i'm seeing this in 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04, too.

$ lspci | grep -i vga
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 450] (rev a1)

$ lspci | grep -i NVIDIA
01:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch for Quadro Plex S4 / Tesla S870 / Tesla S1070 / Tesla S2050 (rev a3)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch for Quadro Plex S4 / Tesla S870 / Tesla S1070 / Tesla S2050 (rev a3)
02:02.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation NF200 PCIe 2.0 switch for Quadro Plex S4 / Tesla S870 / Tesla S1070 / Tesla S2050 (rev a3)
03:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 450] (rev a1)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98 [Quadro NVS 450] (rev a1)

$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
  Installed: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia 11257760 88

Unfortunately, after 12.04, there's no fallback session, so there's no desktop at all.
I was thinking that in 12.10 compiz would be able to work on my 4-screen setup - doesn't.

Experimental drivers don't make this experience any better, unfortunately.
With nouveau drivers i can't even use more than 2 displays, compiz won't work either, crashes upon start.
I'm stuck with a manually installed gnome-panel and metacity, which didn't come with 12.10

what can i do to make compiz work on a 4-monitor setup with this interface?