Fine but.... it always starts in the next available vtty instead of the display number specified :-(
For example, if I do xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm -- :2 it won't launch it into vtty9, but into 8, regardeless of display number!! Thank you very much for your help, Bill :-) El dom, 23-03-2003 a las 15:02, Bill Mullen escribi�: > On 20 Mar 2003, diego wrote: > > > I have a NVIDIA GFORCE II graphic card and have NVIDIA driver compiled > > against kernel to get most out its perfomance. Problem is I want to have > > two displays (vtty7 and vtty8) with X. > > > > If I try a simple gdm from console while already into vtty7 X session it > > will finally launch X on another vtty, but I can't get it working > > through config files. I read I have to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers and > > add a line like: > > :2 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -deferglyphs 16 > > but with this line it won't start any X at all. > > I find that the simplest way to get a second X session going is to do it > manually from a vtty (i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F1 thru F6). I have the following > alias set in my /etc/bashrc file: > > alias ice2='xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/starticewm -- :1' > > This enables me to login on tty6 (for example), run "ice2" at the prompt, > and thereby start IceWM on the second X display (Ctrl-Alt-F8) as the user > I logged in as on tty6. Replace the "/usr/..." portion with the full path > to the command that launches your desired WM/DE. When you log out from the > WM/DE, the second X session ends and you are returned to the vtty. > > BTW, I vastly prefer a "lightweight" WM for the 2nd display, as the added > overhead of running a second X server is quite enough for me without also > piling KDE or Gnome on atop it, IMHO ... :) > > -- > > Bill Mullen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mar 23, 2002 > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia / \ Spain \ / |__ __| \/
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