Since monitor #2 is an extension display area with monitor #1, Win/xp treats the whole as a single display space. Consecutive invocation of xp apps frames would graduate in coordinates left to right top to bottom, unless the coords are fixated by the app. A point to prove - that to start cygwin/x on monitor #2, we would have to specify that coordinate to cygwin/x, but neither of us know of any argument startxwin would take to allow coordinate specification.
Since I do not know of such an argument to startxwin (or its other associated methods of starting), I specify -scrollbars. Somehow, scrollbars option allows me to move cywin frame around the XP display area. Therefore, I move the cygwin frame to an area what we would term as monitor #2. Since my "monitor #2" area is larger than my "monitor #1", specifying scrollbars has the additional benefit of allowing cygwin to start larger than the display area of "monitor #1". I know of no better way than this to provide for my want (and desire) to have cygwin frame sit on monitor #2: run XWin -screen 0 1900 1400 -multiplemonitors -emulate3buttons -scrollbars -clipboard -silent-dup-error Could someone explain how to make the "@2" method work to avert my current kluge to display cygwin on "monitor #2". Or, is what I'm doing the only way cygwin currently affords me? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/