On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Martin Wheeler wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Vincent Murphy wrote: > > > I and a colleague share a PC. We would like to each run our own Xserver, > > which can be switched to using Ctrl-Alt-F7 and F8 > > First user logs on, starts Xserver with startx > (available via Ctrl-Alt-F7) > Second user logs on, starts Xserver with startx -- :1 > (available via Ctrl-Alt-F8) > > I have a 486 100 with 16Mb of RAM and 2Mb graphics on which I *always* run > *three* Xservers simultaneously in this way.
<snip> > msw > -- > Martin Wheeler - StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/ > So does this tell X to display on the "second" display (0=first, 1=second)? And would the third session be started with "startx -- :2"? And the fourth with "startx -- :3"? What's the limit on number of sessions? -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"