xdm monitor selection

[Warren Block]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Yuri Pankov wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 08:08:23PM -0700, Warren Block wrote:
>> Is there a way to tell xdm which monitor of a dual-monitor setup to use
>> for the login screen?
>
> I had to set xlogin.Login.{x,y,width,height} for Login window to appear
> on my second monitor - I'm using dual DVI output NVIDIA card with nv(4)
> and screen size set to 2560 x 1024.
>
> /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xresources contents:
> xlogin.Login.x: 1620
> xlogin.Login.y: 492
> xlogin.Login.width: 600
> xlogin.Login.height: 240

That works, although the mouse pointer is still on the other screen.  I 
came up with a patch to xdm to fix that, but there's more that should be 
done.  I'd like to add a setting for a monitor or screen, but don't know 
if there's an existing keyword to use.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA