Xubuntu 18.04: I also have two screens running two different Xfce sessions, and like others reporting here, I have had a devil of a time getting this xfce4-terminal program to run on the two monitors by specifying the --display=:0.0 and --display=:0.1 options. I have a script that launches the terminal windows on the appropriate screen using the proper options. This works -- then it stops working. Then I get it working again and then it stops working again. This has been going on for years.
A short while ago I had to dive into this yet again and I got things working so that I could open terminals on both screens. This has been good now for the past few weeks. There were no recent upgrades on the system, but I had some sort of smbd(8) fault a short while ago and decided to reboot. When the system came up, I simply could not get xfce4-terminal to start on display :0.1. Even if I selected Terminal Emulator from the built-in Applications menu on the second screen, it would still only start on display :0.0. After another reboot and then screwing around for two more hours, I went looking for a place to report this and found this old thread that was -- unbelievably -- still active. Fortunately for me, I saw the comments above that recommend using the --disable-server option. I added this to my script and now I can open terminals on both screens once again. Since the manpage says: -disable-server: Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus I'd say this pretty clearly points to a D-BUS problem. Would someone who in maintaining the terminal program check back regarding the history of D-BUS implementation back in 2013 onward and then coordinate to get this resolved. At the very least, deactivate the server option and allow it to be turned on if desired, in order to stop users from pulling out their hair. The amount of time wasted on this problem by me alone is ... a lot! Regards. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1243354 Title: Xfce4-terminal cannot run on more than one X screen at a time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-terminal/+bug/1243354/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
