QUESTION:
My customer has two 6091 displays attached to his RS/6000.
He wants to have the cursor (mouse) go from one display to the other.
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A: To specify two displays you need to tell the Xserver the locations
of your monitors and inform the window manager to support multiple
screens:
1) Tell the X server the locations of your two displays with
respect to each other. This can be done by passing the
P flag to the X command. For example, if you have two displays
on the desk side by side, use the following command to
startup X:
xinit -- -P12 2 -P11 1
Note: The InfoExplorer provides the following documentation on -P:
-P.Row.. Column. .Display. Specifies the physical positioning of
the displays. The Row parameter indicates the row in which the
display is located. The Column parameter indicates the column of
the display.
The Display parameter can be the number or name of the display.
The value of the number of the display is the number shown in the
first column by the lsdisp command. When specifying the display
name, the instance number should also be appended to the display
name. The instance number is the number shown after the display
name.
2) Tell the window manager that you are using two screens.
This can be done by modifying your $HOME/.xinitrc.
If your user does not have a $HOME/.xinitrc file,
you should copy the system default xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc.
'cp /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xinitrc $HOME/.xinitrc'
Make the the following change in the last line of this file:
FROM: exec mwm
TO: exec mwm -multiscreen
For more information on the flags available with the 'mwm'
command you may reference the InfoExplorer command reference.
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This item was created from library item Q676742 CKVXT
Additional search words:
AIXWINDOWS CKVXT DEC94 DISPLAY DISPLAYS ENVIRONMENT IX MOUSE MOVING
OPTIONS OZIBM OZNEW RISCSYSTEM RISCXWIN SOFTWARE XINIT
WWQA: ITEM: RTA000053038 ITEM: RTA000053038
Dated: 10/1996 Category: RISCXWIN
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