Re: empty x windows

[Jeff Spirko <spirko@gmail.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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