Hi, Thanks for your reply. That sounds good to me. I would be happy with just getting TWM on one "screen" and just having the X server running on the other screen. I can get my 2 screens up when I do: # xinit -- :0 I get an X server running on the first screen with a default xterm window. I get an X server running on the second screen with NO windows. From the first screen I can run "setenv DISPLAY :0.0" and "setenv DISPLAY :0.1" and popup xterms on the respective displays. This is good. The problem is that when I type "twm -display :0.0", twm starts up on BOTH displays! Can someone help me just start it on ONE display? Then I can pop up xterms on the second display and they will not have an window manager which is what I want. Thanks, Todd --- Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You cannot run two displays without having two > X-servers, and > two X-servers cannot display simulateously because > each needs to > own the VT (they will end up on separate VTs). You > want one server > with two screens. > > You should probably ask the Gnome or KDE folks. > TWM observes > the -display commandline option and does what you > want. The "fancy" > window managers often try to be too clever and start > up on all > available screens. > > Mark. > > On Thu, 18 May 2006, Harrington, Todd wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > My goal is to be able to create two "displays" not > "screens" running 2 different window managers (one > will actually be just an X-server). I want to run > Gnome on one display (keyboard and mouse) and just > an X-Server (no keyboard and mouse) with no window > manager in the other. > > > > I have tried both a single Matrox G450 Dual-Headed > graphics card and two single ATI Rage Pro 8MB Cards. > I will be happy to get either configuration working. > I have the same results so far with both types of > cards. > > > > I am running RedHat Enterprise ES 4. I configured > my xorg.conf file for 2 devices, 2 screens, and 2 > monitors and then I created a ServerLayout section. > When I type "startx" Gnome starts on both displays > and my keyboard and mouse control is one display. I > was happy to see this. > > I open an xterm and do: > > > > # setenv DISPLAY :0:0 > > # xterm & (an xterm pops up on one display) > > # setenv DISPLAY :0:1 > > # xterm & (an xterm pops up on the OTHER display) > > > > So, as I understand it, the number before the "." > is the display number and the number after the "." > is the screen number. Apparently I am running two > screens and not two displays. This is why I think > this might be a problem...... > > > > Now I have to figure out how to start Gnome or KDE > in one window and have it NOT come up in the other > window (I just want an X server with no window > manager in that 2nd window). I looked in XClients > and saw gnome-session getting called. I had seen > some documentation on the web for gnome-session that > said there was a "-display" parameter that I could > pass the display number. I did not see this in the > man page for "gnome-session" though. Is there a > display number parameter so that I can just start > gnome-session one ONE display? What about for > "startkde"? If I can specify a display number for > gnome-session or startkde, I would think I have to > make it so the displays are ":0:0" and ":1:0", not > 0:1 and 0:2, is that correct? > > > > Thanks, > > Todd > > > > > > > > Todd Harrington > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Suntron Corporation > > Phone: (978) 747-2048 > > Fax: (978) 747-2010 > > todd.harrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
