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From: dlcampb@sandia.UUCP (Debbie Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Multiple Screens
Message-ID: <330@sandia.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 90 19:34:09 GMT
Organization: Sandia Natl Labs, Div. 9224
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I would like very much to display on multiple screens using one server.
The configuration is: Sparcstation running 4.0.3 with two framebuffers
(cgthree0 and cgsix0), MIT X with patches 1-14, and Motif 1.1. 
Seems as if it should be simple enough, the code in the XSun server 
appears as if it should handle it o.k..  The scenario is this: the
.xserverrc file says X :0 -dev /dev/cgthree0 -dev /dev/cgsix0
.xinitrc is starting two window managers mwm -display :0.0, mwm -display :0.1

The problem is that only one screen ever gets activates, it happens to be
whichever framebuffer is the first -dev passed to the server. As a point
of further information, the same setup mentioned above DOES activate both
screens if the server used happens to be xnews -- unfortunately my 
application doesn't work so well with that server.

Can anyone provide some words of wisdom about the correct way of using
multiple screens with XSun?  Thanks so much.

Debbie Campbell				email: sandia!dlcampb@unmvax.cs.unm.edu
Sandia National Labs
Satellite Data Systems Division
PO Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185