bascule....I suppose you could start it up from a konsole
window (I think that's what you meant by an xterm window) but
I don't (it doesn't seem like a ver clean way to do it)do it
that way. Myself, I do a ctl-alt f2 from my original desktop,
login at the console and then execute startx -- :1 and it
opens a new desktop on the virtual console located at ctl-alt
f8. When I'm done I sign out of the desktop and exit from the
console session and finally do an alt-f7 back to my original
desktop. Or I can leave it open and ctl-alt-f7 and ctl-alt-f8
back and forth between the two desktops.
Alan
bascule wrote:
>
> i get it (i hope),
>
> just to double check; i run this command in a xterm window (or similar)
> and then switch to the vc using ctrl-alt-Fn (7<n>13),
> no need to log on again by ctrl-alt-F1 say and then running startx -- :1
> ?
>
> thankyou gentlemen, much appreciated
>
> bascule
>
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > bascule....use the below instead:
> >
> > startx -- :1
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > 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
