From 569ac46b2b54ef3e9a43fa3cec743b55e10be1d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:05:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] manpage: update i3(1) --- man/i3.man | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/i3.man b/man/i3.man index 5877f143..109248e5 100644 --- a/man/i3.man +++ b/man/i3.man @@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ create i3. Please be aware that i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers. +=== IMPORTANT NOTE TO nVidia BINARY DRIVER USERS + +If you are using the nVidia binary graphics driver (also known as 'blob') +you need to use the +--force-xinerama+ flag (in your .xsession) when starting +i3, like so: + +---------------------------------------------- +exec i3 --force-xinerama -V >>~/.i3/i3log 2>&1 +---------------------------------------------- + +See also docs/multi-monitor for the full explanation. + === TERMINOLOGY Client:: @@ -279,7 +291,7 @@ ulimit -c unlimited # Start i3 and log to ~/.i3/logfile echo "Starting at $(date)" >> ~/.i3/logfile -exec /usr/bin/i3 >> ~/.i3/logfile +exec /usr/bin/i3 -V -d all >> ~/.i3/logfile ------------------------------------------------------------- == TODO @@ -296,7 +308,7 @@ and the "how to hack" guide. If you are building from source, run: You can also access these documents online at http://i3.zekjur.net/ -i3-input(1), i3-msg(1) +i3-input(1), i3-msg(1), i3-wsbar(1) == AUTHOR