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Re: empty x windows
- From: Jeff Spirko <spirko at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:47:10 -0400
- Subject: Re: empty x windows
- References: <4C168507.6010803@gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:37 PM, J. Bruce Dean <jbdean@gmail.com> wrote:
> When running dual displays, using cygwin/x, the external monitor frames are 'invisible'.
> The window moves from the (laptop) display, working, on the external monitor they
> have a border, but the background is a snapshot of the app running on the external
> monitor. If I type, it works, but nothing displays. Moving the window moves the
> snapshot of the background. Moving back to the primary display I can see whatever
> I typed on the external monitor. Searching provided some things to try, such as the
> 'screens' and 'mulitplemonitors', neither worked.
One important thing is to make sure the X server is started while the
second monitor is active. I know that if I start XWin in
single-monitor mode, then attach the second monitor, the X server
needs to be restarted.
Hope that helps,
-Jeff
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