In an E-mail message, Mark Gibb wrote:
> 
> A problem was recently brought to my attention regarding the use of multiple
> X display monitors in GRASS.  When using two or more X display monitors,
> the monitors started after the first one appear normal until an image is
> displayed, at which time the monitor(s) fade to a dull grey and by default
> erases to a dull grey.  Images subsequently displayed also appear to have a highly muted colortable.  This even happens when the colormode is set to float.
> Has anyone encoutered this problem and/or developed a solution?  Any help
> would be appreciated.
> 

This situation has been around for awhile.  The problem is that the first
graphics monitor grabs colors it needs for display which then causes these
colors to be unavailable to the second graphics monitor.  To my knowledge
no one has a fix to this fundamental problem.

One work around is to open a large graphics monitor and split the screen
into frames.  Each frame will then display identical colors.  This is
especially useful for displaying a legend or histogram to a GRASS map.

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