different resolutions on different monitors
Chad Haynes
haynesc@mail.rockefeller.edu
Thu Feb 12 15:08:00 GMT 2004
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
The command I am using to invoke XWin is just:
XWin -multiwindow -multimonitors
-Chad
Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Chad Haynes wrote:
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>>I am using 2 monitors, one with 1280x1024 and the other with 1024x768.
>>When I start the X server using the -multiwindow option then start an
>>app (such as xterm) the application always opens in the top corner of
>>the smaller monitor at a point where the top of the window is off the
>>screen. I can't get to the title bar to move the window so in order to
>>see everything I have to tile or cascade the windows which is a pain.
>>
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>This could be a bug in the -multiplemonitors implementation. Please post
>the exact command you use to invoke XWin.exe.
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>>Is there some way to set the default location on the screen the windows
>>open?
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>>Thanks for the help.
>>-Chad
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>As a temporary workaround, look into the "-geometry" option that any X app
>should support ('PAGER="less -p GEOMETRY" man X' should do it).
> Igor
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