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Bug 104612 - [multihead] problems with --display
[multihead] problems with --display
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 99461
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: .General
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-01-28 13:24 UTC by Balamurali Viswanathan
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0



Description Balamurali Viswanathan 2003-01-28 13:25:17 UTC
In a multihead setup with 2 screens, If I open gnome-terminal from the
primary screen like gnome-terminal --display :0.1 or gnome-terminal
--screen 1 the terminal is opened in the secondary screen. 

When I open gnome-calculator from the terminal in the secondary screen
which is started by the above method calculator opens in the primary
screen. When I did a echo $DISPLAY in the above terminal it gives :0.0
though it is opened in the secondary screen (:0.1). 

Simillar things happens with gnome-calculator.
1. gnome-calculator --display :0.1 (from a terminal in primary screen)
2. gnome-calculator comes in the secondary screen
3. Invoke help from gnome-calculator, the help is displayed in primary
screen instead of the secondary screen

One more thing is
1. open gnome-terminal in the secondary screen, either from the
Applications  menu or by right clicking on the secondary screen desktop
2. Invoke help of the terminal, help is displayed in the secondary screen
3. Save session and then logout and login
4. terminal and the help contents come in the secondary screen as expected
5. If the help of the terminal is invoked again it is opened in the primary
screen
6. Same applies to all applications.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Havoc Pennington 2003-01-28 14:55:42 UTC
You need to file the stuff about help as a separate bug against
libgnomeui, rather than against gnome-terminal.

The gnome-terminal problem is solvable by setting DISPLAY properly 
in the environment of its child process.
Comment 2 Owen Taylor 2003-01-28 15:30:22 UTC
I think this is basically gnome-terminal / gnome help
issues that should be filed separately rather than anything 
related to GTK+. (Dup'ing on an earlier similar bug report.)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 99461 ***