I start X from the console using a couple of alias's that allow me to
start X up in single or dual head modes.
alias xd='startx -- -depth 16 -xf86config XF86Config.two &>~/Xerror.log'
alias xs='startx -- -depth 16 -xf86config XF86Config.one &>~/Xerror.log'
What I'd like to do is switch to the graphical login (kdm, gdm, or xdm)
and still have the ability to switch between single or dual head, for the
obvious reason that DRI doesn't work in dual head mode, and I _HAVE_ to
have DRI to play games. 8-) I'd like to have the dual head mode readily
available for the simple reason that, once you've used dual head mode for
a while, a single monitor just seems so confining.
I've had a quick look at the source code and since I don't know C++, well
it looks like C++ to me. It wasn't obvious to me if Restart mearly
restarted Blackbox, or restarted X. What I'm kinda hoping is that
Restart, restarts X and that perhaps I can pass the same -xfconfig
variables to it somewhere and switch back and forth quickly, without going
back down to console mode.
Can anyone tell me if this is possible? Or am I stuck booting up in
console mode and flipping in and out of X to get single or dual head
modes? This might be useful in restarting X in other color depths as
well.
Thanks for any info, pointers or suggestions of applicable documentation.
Tim
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