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From: Heath Raftery on 4 May 2008 23:54
neologist <lynn.newton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> When I upgraded my Macbook Pro to Leopard shortly after it was
> released, I found that the problem I had of not being able to drag X
> windows to my second monitor went away, a problem that persisted under
> Tiger. Because I use a couple of X11 applications all day long in my
> work I rejoiced to see this.
>
> Today I replaced my internal drive with a new 320GB drive, and then
> transferred everything from the old drive to the new, including
> preferences, system settings, etc. For some reason, the problem with
> moving an X window to my second monitor has returned, and I cannot
> make it function.
>
> Does anyone know why the simple act of updating my drive would cause
> this, even though I've replaced all the data, and what I can do about
> it?

That does sound odd, but here's a couple of suggestions:

Check your DISPLAY variable. Try the xdpyinfo command for inspiration.

Get the lastest X11 from <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz>

Let us know how you go.

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