Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

Configuring Your Desktop To Use Multiple Screens

The standard login starts the desktop on a single screen. You can edit the Xconfig file to have the desktop start on multiple screens. You must be logged in as the root user to change this file.

Note –

For faster editing of login configuration information, use the Failsafe Session option to run a single xterm window rather than the whole desktop.

To Make the Desktop Start on Multiple Screens

Create a copy of the Xserver file by typing the following command and pressing Return:
```
	# cp /usr/dt/config/Xservers /etc/dt/config/Xservers
```
Note –
/etc/dt/config/Xservers overrides /usr/dt/config/Xservers.

Edit the /etc/dt/config/Xservers file to set up two frame buffers (screens):
1. Find the line:
```
		:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0
```
2. At the end of this line add two -dev options. This example assumes they are named /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb1. Add the following preceded by a space:
```
		-dev /dev/fb0 -dev /dev/fb1
```

Choose Reset Login Screen from the Options menu.

Note –
When running Solaris CDE on multiple screens, a Front Panel is displayed on each screen. These Front Panels are independent of each other and have separate configuration files.