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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  difference defaults file
Message-ID: <9008092306.AA16763@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 9 Aug 90 23:06:34 GMT
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> I'm running X on two separate monitors.  I also run two different
> window managers on these monitors along with different configuration
> files, such as xrdb files (.Xdefaults).  It seems that when I do
> xrdb, it affects both of the screens even when I specify the -display
> switch.  Is this normal?

Probably.  Are the two monitors two screens on one display (foo:0.0 and
foo:0.1) or two displays (foo:0.0 and foo:1.0)?  If, as is probable,
the former, yes, this is the way it's supposed to work.  (IMO it's
wrong, and it's recognized as having problems in environments like
yours, but it's what we're stuck with for now.)  If the monitors *are*
distinct displays, the behavior you describe is major-league buggy.

					der Mouse

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