Greetings, Richard Gribble! >> I use Cygwin/X on a laptop using a docking station (with the external >> monitor the primary display). Cygwin behaves very nasty in two ways: >> >> 1.) When two monitors are connected, new windows always open on the >> secondary monitor. I have to move all of them manually back to my >> primary monitor :( Is there a way to avoid this? >> >> 2.) When not docked, the secondary monitor seems to be used >> "implicitely": Some new windows are not visible. Then I realize they are >> "hidden" and I can (manually) drag them back to the main monitor. Also, >> the "Exiting Cygwin/X"? dialog seems to be opened in an invisible, >> virtual area: I just do not see this dialog. Only when I dock the next >> time, I see that this windows actually pops up in the second monitor.
> I believe you'll find this is the default behavior with Windows XP and > Windows 7 as well. In my experience, the issue is that windows > "remember" where they were last, and reopen there. Thus if you had > Firefox open in the secondary monitor, reboot (without the secondary > monitor), and reopen Firefox, it will reopen on the secondary monitor > - and you won't see it. If application window is created outside desktop space, this is bug, that needs fixing. Also, please don't top-post. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@freemail.ru) 17.04.2013, <22:20> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
