thanks matt,
you've answered a question i put in a reply to answers i received to
this question in the newbie list - where i originally posted it! if i'd
bothered to read further down the list i would have found your message
first (in the newbie list) and saved a post,
this strange crossposting is now annoying me because its confusing me
and i don't like that!
thankyou
bascule
Matt Stegman wrote:
>
> What you need to do is specify to the X server which console (or
> "display") it needs to start on.
>
> You know that terminals 1-6 are for text mode, and when you start X from,
> for example, terminal 1, it starts X on terminal 7 - you can Ctrl-Alt-F1
> to go back to terminal 1, then Alt-F7 to go back to X. Terminal 7 is, for
> X, display 0.
>
> Now, log in on terminal 2, and start X with this command:
> $ startx -- :1
>
> This tells X to start on display 1, rather than trying to start on display
> 0. Now, you can Ctrl-Alt-F3 to log in to yet another terminal, and Alt-F8
> will take you back to display 1.
>
> -Matt Stegman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Sat, 6 May 2000, bascule wrote:
> > i have read that it is possible to have more than one X session open (on
> > different consoles) but when i switch to ctrl-alt-2 for example, and
> > login and then run startx i get an error message:
> > Server already active for display 0
> > if no server running , remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> >
> > Xlib: connection "0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 KEY
> > giving up
> > xinit: unable to connect to X server
> > xinit: no such process (errno 3):
> >
> > is there a way to have more than one X session open on one machine?
> > i am using kde and i am often switching between user and root as i am
> > still sorting things out with my installation, i know that some programs
> > (Draksconf for example) can be run as root in a user X session but i
> > read that the above was possible and if it is it would be quicker.
> >
> > bascule
> >
