On Thu, 2016-01-07 at 20:55 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > This is puzzling me. My Xorg is set up for dual-head operation with > each head having its own screen and four Xfce workspaces per screen. > It's something I've had working well for several years. > > For various reasons I would like to use Gnome Terminal for an > terminal > application as it can be easily configured to disable its shortcut > keys > unlike Xfce Terminal. The problem is that I want to have GT open on > the > second screen--:0.1--but it opens on the first screen--:0.0--every > time. > This, despite having a lower toolbar launcher on screen :0.1 and even > starting it manually from an Xfce Terminal or Xterm on screen :0.1. > Using Xfce's Application Finder (Alt-F2) gives the same result, > although > it insists on opening on screen :0.1 even though it is called on > screen > :0.0. > > Other than some things like a password box I've never had an > application > start on a screen other than the one it was launched from. Of > course, > one cannot move a window from one screen to another, so I am rather > stuck. It's quite odd. > > Has anyone encountered and resolved such an issue? > How do you launch it? AFAICT gnome-terminal runs a single process, /usr/lib/gnome- terminal/gnome-terminal-server each call to gnome-terminal just creates a new window. So if you have g-t-s running on the first screen it will most likely use that. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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