Re: [plex86] display local:1? (the F8 console.......)

[Matthew McNaughton]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Drew Northup wrote:

> Is there some way to get something to open the F8 console (X normally uses
> the F7 console)?  If so, is there some way that the guest graphics could
> output solely to this window (maybe through X or something)?  This would
> solve some mouse problems that I have been having (I've been through the
> code some 60 or 70 times and I can't figure out why it doesn't work
> right!!!).

What X really does is to open the next available virtual terminal, which
is usually equal to one plus the number of mingetty's running out of
/etc/inittab. You want to look at the man page for openvt. Or, you should
be able to open a second X session with "startx -- :1". Then you can
direct processes you start in the first X session to display on the second
one by setting DISPLAY=:1.

I hope that helps.

-- 
Matthew McNaughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>