OpenWindows Advanced User's Guide

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The following command line instructs the system to start up two displays. The left display is the default frame buffer and the right display is a monochrome. This enables you to move the cursor left and right between the two displays.

$ openwin -dev /dev/fb left -dev /dev/fbs/bwtwo0 right

The following example is equivalent to the previous example. By default, the first device is to the left of the second device listed in the command line.

$ openwin -dev /dev/fb -dev /dev/fbs/bwtwo0

The following command line instructs the system to start up two displays. The right display is the default frame buffer and the left display is a monochrome. This setup enables you to move the cursor left and right between the two displays.

$ openwin -dev /dev/fb right -dev /dev/fbs/bwtwo0 left