X-windows/Linux

[David Gerdes]

In article <8DE1CB4CE1 at hal2010.nw.uoguelph.ca> you write:
>Hello everyone,
>
>This problem looks rather strange to me. I have successfully 
>installed and configured X-windows in Linux. However, anytime I 
>invoke "startx", I get six fine blue screens with a window at the 
>left top corner of each. Everything works fine except that when I 
>invoke any operation, I get similar response in the 
>other five screens. For example, if I display a raster map, 
>calculator etc.. I get a similar display in the other five screens. I 
>don't know if that is the way the windows on Linux works but I 
>strongly suspect something is going wrong. My only problem now is how 
>to get rid of the other five screens; otherwise everything seems to 
>be working fine. Any help on this will be much appreciated. Thanks in 
>advance.
>
>eugene
>            e-mail: agyei at net2.eos.uoguelph.ca
>


I have never worked w/ Linux, but what you are describing sounds
like using the wrong SuperVGA driver.  I would check the brand
and model of your VGA card and make sure you are configuring Linux
appropriately.

-- 
  David Gerdes
  US Army Construction Engineering Research Lab
  Spatial Analysis & Systems Team
  dpgerdes at zorro.cecer.army.mil