SFML Windowing Does Not Work With Xinerama

[Aster]

Hello,

I just switched from the open source nouveau drivers to nVidia's official nvidia drivers. I tried launching an SFML app, and I get this:

Failed to use the XRandR extension while trying to get the desktop video modes
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  151 (NV-GLX)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  4 ()
  Resource id in failed request:  0x1c00001
  Serial number of failed request:  48
  Current serial number in output stream:  48

The reason for this is clear; XRandR is failing. It's failing because I use the nvidia driver, which disables XRandR in favor of the more flexible Xinerama, since I have a rather complicated GPU/display setup.

I understand the fix: "Use the open-source drivers!!!" This, I might consider, but not everyone will. I can't just tell all of my Linux users "Oh yeah, if you happen to use the faster, more complete nvidia drivers, you can't run my software!". I don't think anyone wants to do that.

I'd make this a feature request, but for now I want to know if there's a workaround, or if it's something that needs to be fixed.

[Laurent]

I understand the fix: "Use the open-source drivers!!!"

Nop. The fix is "implement a Xinerama backend". Unfortunately this is very low on the task list, so don't hesitate to contribute

You can open a task on the tracker.

[Aster]

Why would it be low on the list? You're excluding many users.

[Aster]

Made an issue on GitHub, I'll look into fixing it, I guess.