Thanks James, that works very well. For the record, I've got Xdmx working with a 3 monitor setup involving a Windows/Cygwin laptop with dual monitors and a Redhat box with one monitor. It needs some tweaking with the various -rootless or -multiwindow cygwin x startup options for an optimal setup.
-Greg ________________________________________ From: James Supancic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:37 PM To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Greg Frank Subject: Re: Xdmx and the Cygwin X server 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 _______________________________________________________________________ Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. -- 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/