Does X11 support -multiscreen?

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fuzz_ballfuzz_ball
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have two monitors running and would like to tell X where to display stuff, rather than having it always use my extra monitor that I have sitting on my left (my "main" screen, from my perception, is the one with the dock and positioned right in front of me).

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    pensievepensieve Posts: 661member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by fuzz_ball

    I have two monitors running and would like to tell X where to display stuff, rather than having it always use my extra monitor that I have sitting on my left (my "main" screen, from my perception, is the one with the dock and positioned right in front of me).



    It does now. It didn't used to.
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    fuzz_ballfuzz_ball Posts: 390member
    Okay, if you insist on making me ask: How? It don't see an option in the Preferences nor anyway of passing an argument (i.e. command line argument -multiscreen).
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    pensievepensieve Posts: 661member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by fuzz_ball

    Okay, if you insist on making me ask: How? It don't see an option in the Preferences nor anyway of passing an argument (i.e. command line argument -multiscreen).



    I thought you were just asking if you could move windows between monitors. I don't know how to get them to start up where you want them.
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    fuzz_ballfuzz_ball Posts: 390member
    One of my problems right now (mentioned in the Software forum) is that everytime I start up X now, it opens windows on my "other" monitor (I'm running multi-monitor from my PB). Now I could always drag windows from one monitor or the next, but my xterm window would always open on my main monitor. Anyway, one of the more knowledgeable UNIX guys at my shop mentioned that with multiscreen support (traditionally passed as a command line arg) I could specify the exact screen I wanted windows popping up on (preferably on my main screen right in front of me).



    Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Admittedly, I only 3/4 know what I'm talking about
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    pensievepensieve Posts: 661member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by fuzz_ball

    One of my problems right now (mentioned in the Software forum) is that everytime I start up X now, it opens windows on my "other" monitor (I'm running multi-monitor from my PB). Now I could always drag windows from one monitor or the next, but my xterm window would always open on my main monitor. Anyway, one of the more knowledgeable UNIX guys at my shop mentioned that with multiscreen support (traditionally passed as a command line arg) I could specify the exact screen I wanted windows popping up on (preferably on my main screen right in front of me).



    Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Admittedly, I only 3/4 know what I'm talking about



    I know what you're talking about, but I've never tried to figure out how to do it. (I saw your post in that other X11 thread after I posted here.)
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    saabmp3saabmp3 Posts: 52member
    it's the enviroment tag but honnestly I don't know how to get it to use the second monitor. Local is 0:0 so the second one might be 0:1 ?? It doesn't hurt anything to around with it too much as long as you set it back to 0:0 when your done.





    BEN
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