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I have two video adapters: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 and a three LCD displays connected to them.

Here's the topology illustrated graphically:

[ GTX 570 ]  === HDMI ===> Philips 273ELH  #0  (CENTER/MAIN)
[         ]  ==== DVI ===> DELL P1913      #2  (RIGHT)

[ GTX 570 ]  ==== DVI ===> DELL P1913      #1  (LEFT, PORTRAIT)

And a physical layout:

[      ]  [              ]  [         ]
[ #1   ]  [      #0      ]  [   #2    ]
[      ]  [              ]  [         ]
[      ]  [              ]

I've managed to place all displays correctly by using xorg.conf, here's my version, but I can't move windows between displays. They are somehow isolated from each other.

I'm using proprietary NVIDIA driver version 331.38, because I'm experiencing some rendering problems with Nouveau (especially with Guake) and as far as I understand proprietary drivers should have a better performance.

I know I can use Xinerama, but I'm getting a lot of glitches and strange behavior with it (especially in Google Chrome).

Is it possible to create continuous desktop space without using Xinerama or to configure Xinerama to work correctly without all those glitches?

Thank you!

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  • See [Three monitors supported on NVIDIA card?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/33813/three-monitors-supported-on-nvidia-card) and [Nvidia How do I get three monitors working?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/21144/nvidia-how-do-i-get-three-monitors-working) – bain May 27 '14 at 16:28
  • @bain, thank you for your response! But I can't find an answer to my question in those posts. – Slava Fomin II May 27 '14 at 16:31
  • Try this one [How can I get xrandr to detect both nvidia cards: 2 x GTX480, triple-head?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/123862/how-can-i-get-xrandr-to-detect-both-nvidia-cards-2-x-gtx480-triple-head) (and from that link [Enabling a triple-head (3 monitor) setup on Linux Mint 16 (“Petra”) with two Nvidia cards](https://www.martineve.com/2014/04/15/enabling-a-triple-head-3-monitor-setup-on-linux-mint-16-petra-with-two-nvidia-cards/)) – bain May 27 '14 at 16:49

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