Multiple XWIN on the desktop

[Alexander Gottwald]

Philippe Bastiani wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > So you've not changed the startup files?
> > This will not work since you can only have one xserver per display number.
> > The second, third and any other xserver must be started with an explicit
> > displaynumber set.
>
> Why XWin does not set the display number properly ? is this impossible ?

XWin does set the display number properly. You do not use XWin properly.
The default displaynumber is 0. If you want to start multiple instances
of XWin you have to specify the displaynumber manually.

> In case of failure,  IMHO,  a XWIN error message will be better that the XP
> alarm...

Normally a xserver can not bind more than two times to a socket. This error
condition is catched correctly in the device independend code of the xserver.
If the second bind also succeeds than this is an error in the cygwin library.
But noone had the time to review this minor problem, so you'll have to take
a look yourself or use the xserver as it was intended.

bye
    ago

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