On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 12:43:42AM +0100 I heard the voice of Bj?rn Lindberg, and lo! it spake thus: > > How do you do this (starting up another X server)? Do you have to have > a separate display? I have sometimes wanted to be able to start up a > second X server connected to a different virtual console (in Linux, X > defaults to using the 7th console), but I could never find out how to > do it.
X normally grabs the first available console. Generally, the simplest thing to do is something like "startx -- :1". However, that'll also grab your default .xinitrc. There's some arg you can pass that will make it point xinit somewhere else; I just craft up special "~/mystartx.1" and such. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"
