Hello programming forum,

My computer has two monitors and each monitor operates from its own separate X server.

I want to launch a program on the second monitor from the first monitor using a simple bash script (DISPLAY=":0.1" /usr/bin/mythfrontend &).

This approach works but once I lose focus on the application in the second monitor, I can not get focus back again unless I close the application and open it back again.

The only remedy is to launch the program from the second monitor instead of the first monitor.

Is there a way I can fix this problem such as adding code to the bash script so that I can launch the program from the first monitor and be able to regain focus in the second monitor (with a mouse click) if it is lost?

Thank much in advance,
Roy

I figured out a simple way to start mythfrontend from the first monitor and the focus problem be resolved. I used the following script below:

#!/bin/bash
DISPLAY=":0.1" /usr/bin/icewm &
sleep 1
DISPLAY=":0.1" /usr/bin/mythfrontend &

If both commands (icewm and mythfrontend) are combined into one script instead of using two separate scripts, the focus problem is resolved. I had been using separate scripts, one script for icewm and another script for mythfrontend. That will not work. Both commands must be in the same script. Now I can start mythfrontend from my first monitor and have no focus problem.