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From: emike@richsun.reuter.com (E. Mike Durbin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: two monitor setup in XWindows for Sun.
Keywords: Sun, MIT
Message-ID: <888@richsun.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 90 14:22:02 GMT
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In article <176@melpar.UUCP> hoth@melpar.UUCP (Tom Hoth) writes:
>
>	I would like information on how to setup MIT's version
>	X11R4 of Xwindows on two monitors.   I have a Sun 4/260
>	with the devices being: cgtwo0 and cgtwo1.

I have enhanced the X11R4 Xsun to support multiple displays.  For
example, up to three cgthree's or bwtwo's in a SparcStation.

The 'diff -c' of the changes are about 160K.  I did submit them to
xbugs@expo.  Please send me mail if anyone out there want more info.

>
>	The card type for the second device is a cg5.
>

I modified the cg4, cg3, and bw2 drivers for multiple screen support.
The drivers in X11R4 don't mention a cg5, nor do I have one, so I don't
know how to make that work.

>	Also, I would like to be able to drag a client from one
>	monitor to the next.  Is this possible, if so how?

Not too likely.  Client applications are connected to a screen (unix:0.1)
and contain within them specific information about that screen (depths,
visuals, etc. in the display structure).  Disconnecting an application
from one screen and reconnecting it to another screen would be a difficult
thing to do.

>
>	Tom Hoth
>	uunet!melpar!hoth

E. Mike Durbin
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