I've been trying to get use an Xdmx server running on a Redhat box connected >to a Cygwin X server on a laptop as a client. It starts up and I see the root window, but the functionality is not there. For >example, if I drag a window off of the redhat box and onto the Cygwin box I can >see the dotted outline of the window appear but the content wont display.
So... you are using an Xdmx server with two backends, one of which is on a Linux box, the other of which is on a Windows box? That really sounds like you are running without Xinerama support? Without Xinerama you can't move windows between screens. Try this DISPLAY=DMXHOST:DMXNUM.0 xev & DISPLAY=DMXHOST:DMXNUM.1 xev &. If you don't have Xinerama support you will get a xev window on each screen, but you won't be able to move them between screens. Did you try starting Xdmx with the +xinerama option on the command line? This will enable Xinerama and allow you to move windows from one screen to the other. If +xinerama doesn't work, please post the complete command you are using to launch Xdmx.
Has anyone been using Xdmx and Cygwin together successfully and could you >advise me on configuration issues? Also if you know of any reason why this is not going to work please let me know.
It should work, but it will be a bit harder to configure than identical Linux boxes. Thank you for your time, James Steven Supancic III -- 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/
