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Brian McKee wrote:
> On 03/07/07, Duncan Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 21:39 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>> >> Hi All
> 
>> >>      Wuth gdm running normally if I do 'freevo -fs' from a console
>> it starts
>> >> a second X session which is exactly what I want - i just want that
>> >> second session to use a different xconf.org or to be able to pass a
>> >> different "ServerLayout' to it.   Anybody know how to accomplish this?
> 
>> In the freevo script is:
>> elif arg == '-fs':
>> My guess is that you can change the last line to include a server name.
> 
> 
> Thanks Duncan
> 
> I'll post back here how I make out.
> 
> On an [OT] note - It's looking like it would be helpful to know a
> little python to use freevo better - does anybody have a favourite
> "Python for Beginning Idiots" to get me started?   Off list probably
> better I suppose.

It is rather easy, at least I hope it is. The attached patch should
allow you to pass any server arguments that you wish to freevo when run
with -fs. eg: (see man startx)

freevo -fs -layout Multihead

To apply the patch do this:
cd $(dirname $(which freevo))
patch -Np0 -i /path/to/patch

Duncan
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Index: freevo
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--- freevo	(revision 9740)
+++ freevo	(working copy)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
             break
         server_num += 1
     sys.stdin.close()
-    os.execvp('xinit', [ 'xinit', freevo_script, '-force-fs',  '--', ':'+str(server_num) ])
+    os.execvp('xinit', [ 'xinit', freevo_script, '-force-fs',  '--', ':'+str(server_num) ] + sys.argv[2:])
 
 elif arg == 'execute':
     # execute a python script
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