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Configuring DECwindows Multi-Head?

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The Question is:

 
How do you configure CDE for mulitiple head workstations ?

The Answer is :

 
  The baseline hardware configuration involves simply installing multiple
  (identical) graphics controllers.
 
  The OpenVMS Wizard prefers to use DECwindows Motif for multiple-headed
  configurations, as DECwindows CDE and its desktop design tends to assume
  a single head is present -- customizations to the background menu and
  explicit specifications of SET DISPLAY and such are required for use of
  the second head.
 
  With DECwindows Motif, the file DECW$MWM_RC.DAT is used to set up the
  menu available on the displays.
 
  To control the orientation of the displays and various attributes, please
  see the SYS$STARTUP:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM and the .TEMPLATE files.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 12-OCT-2000 )
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