On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Ken Wilson wrote:
> >
> > for Xwindows type 'startx &'
> >
>
> Excuse me but...
> (showing glaringly my newbie status :-))
> What's the ampersand for? I normally just type "startx" and hey presto! It
> starts.
>
The "&" means run it in "background mode." Why you'd do
that with X, I don't know (mine always works fine the
standard way... if I need to do something else, I just hit
CTRL+ALT+F1. Typically I log in as "root" on VC1 and log in
as my "user account" on VC2, running X from VC2. Then, if I
HAVE to do something in console mode, it's easy enough to
change around w/o having to log in again, plus if it's
something that requires "root" priveleges, I am already
logged in as "root." :-)
