I tried adding -position to a simple xinit session and X bombs out with the usage command, i.e.
(~/.xinitrc) fvwm2 $ xinit -- -position 100 100 it doesn't look like these paramters exist mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Earle F. Philhower III Sent: 02 December 2004 05:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Starting X on a second monitor - kludge that works Howdy... At 05:38 PM 12/1/2004 +0000, Mark Fisher wrote: >I've been trawling the archives looking for a solution to the >problem of starting Xwin on a second monitor. >The only way I've been able to get this to work is to >use a program that allows you to send the app to a 2nd monitor. >The program in question is UltraMon. >If your second monitor is a different size to your primary, then >no fear, just specify the size of the screen when starting x. >I've just ported xfce4.2 to cygwin, and start it like this: >bash --login -c "/opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4 -- -nodecoration -screen 0 1280 >1024" I'm not familiar with xfce, but why not just add a "-position x y" option to XWin.exe such that when present and in a root-window mode it'll move the created window to whatever screen you want (via the absolute Windoze X/Y position)? That's all the UltraMon app is doing... -Earle F. Philhower, III [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrlabel - ZipLabel - FlpLabel http://www.cdrlabel.com
