RE: Xdmx and the Cygwin X server

["Greg Frank" <gfrank at bea dot com>]

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
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From: James Supancic [mailto:arrummzen@gmail.com] 
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
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