I am trying to do that when i run Xwindows system it can run 4 xawtv in different capture devices, i am using this .xinitrc #!/bin/bash xawtv -xv -xvport 42 -geometry 508x381+2+2 & xawtv -c /dev/video1 -geometry 508x381+2+388 & xawtv -c /dev/video2 -geometry 508x381+513+2 & xawtv -c /dev/video3 -geometry 508x381+513+388 it works good but in the screens when it has movement the image where the movement it´s going to intermittent cuts in this area. well i don´t know if you can understand me because my english is terrible and i don´t know how to explain that i see, anyway this is my .xinitrc to do this, can you say me any other better way to do it?