[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin/XFree86 Package: x2x-1.27-2
Thomas Chadwick
j_tetazoo@hotmail.com
Mon Nov 4 09:06:00 GMT 2002
By the way, this reponse was directed at Jean-Claude, not you, Harold.
>From: "Thomas Chadwick" <j_tetazoo@hotmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin/XFree86 Package: x2x-1.27-2
>Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 11:15:09 -0500
>
>For kicks, I did some poking around at http://msdn.microsoft.com by
>searching on "multiple monitors". Found lots of good reading. You might
>want to do the same.
>
>I noticed a hint that said something to the effect of "an application will
>try to create its window on the same monitor on which it's shortcut is
>located".
>
>What happens if you run startxwin.bat via a shortcut on the secondary
>monitor?
>
>>From: Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu>
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>>Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin/XFree86 Package: x2x-1.27-2
>>Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 10:49:09 -0500
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>>Jean-Claude,
>>
>>No, there is not way for Cygwin/XFree86 to use the entire area of the
>>dual-display; that is pretty much a limitation of DirectDraw, if I recall
>>correctly (I seem to remember that a surface can only span a single
>>physical monitor). You could probably pass the ``-engine 1'' argument to
>>use the GDI-based blitter, but that would still be limited to a single
>>physical display because Cygwin/XFree86 trims the specified size to fit on
>>the primary monitor. We would need some sort of new command-line argument
>>to indicate that the specified size is not to be trimmed in anyway, or we
>>could have a flag that says to use the entire virtual desktop size. I
>>prefer the later.
>>
>>In any case, some coding will need to happen before your request can be
>>realized.
>>
>>Harold
>>
>>Jean-Claude Gervais wrote:
>>
>>>Great news Thomas,
>>>
>>> Um, since you know so much about dual-displays, maybe you could help me?
>>>
>>> I'm running Cygwin XFree on a machine inside which I have installed two
>>>video cards; this in effect creates a really large Windows desktop.
>>>
>>> I'm just wondering if you know of any way to get the Cygwin XFree
>>>display
>>>to either use the full desktop surface, or failing that, is there a way
>>>to
>>>get Cygwin XFree to start up on the right-hand side of the display,
>>>because
>>>it never seems to want to start on the second display...
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
>>>[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On
>>>Behalf Of Thomas Chadwick
>>>Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:47 AM
>>>To: cygwin-xfree-announce@cygwin.com
>>>Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>>Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin/XFree86 Package: x2x-1.27-2
>>>
>>>ANNOUCEMENT
>>>
>>>An update to the Cygwin/XFree86 package 'x2x' is now available.
>>>
>>>
>>>DESCRIPTION
>>>
>>>The usefulness of this utility will become apparent to anyone with a PC
>>>side-by-side with an *ix workstation. Simply bring up an XWindows
>>>session
>>>on each machine, run x2x on the PC, and use your PC's mouse and keyboard
>>>to
>>>control your *ix workstation's display. Works better and is cheaper than
>>>a
>>>KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switch. It also works much like a
>>>multi-headed X
>>>session.
>>>
>>>
>>>RELEASE HISTORY
>>>
>>>x2x-1.27-2 (current release):
>>>
>>> Bugfix and enhancement release. Changes are:
>>>
>>> 1) Fixed problem in which x2x consumes nearly 100% of the CPU.
>>> This was due to a problem in setting up a call to select(),
>>> which was causing it to be non-blocking.
>>>
>>> 2) Added some includes and cleaned-up some code to cut down
>>> on compiler warnings.
>>>
>>> 3) Added a whole new feature! Invoking x2d with a command-line
>>> flag of "-capslockhack"causes it to wrap Shift key Press/
>>> Release events around alpha keystrokes. I discovered I
>>> needed this feature because the "to" display I have uses the
>>> state of CapsLock on its attached keyboard to determine if
>>> CapsLock is on (instead of obeying the CapsLock Press/Release
>>> keyboard events).
>>>
>>>x2x-1.27-1:
>>>
>>> Initial Release. Vendor code built and package as-is.
>>>
>>>
>>>KNOWN BUGS
>>>
>>> Doesn't "work" very well with the new rootless mode of XWin.
>>> I plan to fix this in a future release.
>>>
>>>
>>>INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
>>>
>>>To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
>>>the
>>>http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system.
>>>Save
>>>it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'x2x' from the
>>>'XFree86'
>>>category. You may need to click the "Full" button if it doesn't show up.
>>>
>>>Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
>>>allowed
>>>due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a
>>>mirror which has this update.
>>>
>>>In the US, ftp://archive.progeny.com/cygwin/ is a reliable high bandwidth
>>>connection.
>>>
>>>In Japan, ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/gnu/gnu-win32/ is usually
>>>up-to-date.
>>>
>>>In DK, http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cygwin/ is usually up-to-date.
>>>
>>>If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package you
>>>can
>>>either wait for the site to be updated or find another mirror.
>>>
>>>Please send questions or comments to the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing list
>>>(mailto:cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com). If you want to subscribe go to
>>>http://cygwin.com/lists.html. I would appreciate it if you would use the
>>>mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes ideas and
>>>comments about the setup utility or Cygwin/XFree86 in general.
>>>
>>>If you want to make a point or ask a question, the Cygwin/XFree86 mailing
>>>list is the appropriate place.
>>>
>>>
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