Dennis Curnow` wrote: > Now when I boot the system everything seems to go ok. I log in as root at the comand > prompt (no graphics) and do a "startx" and I get a message saying that the server is > already running on display 0. At this point the command prompt has disappeared and > although I can enter text at the bottom of the screen the only way I am able to get >out of > it is by Ctr+Alt+Del.
Iif you already have one x server started from the first command line you cant start another. The X server can run on multiple screens but to allow it to do that you have to enter startx -- :0 (ie from the first command prompt start a session on screen 0) startx -- :1 (ie from the second command prompt .... on screen 1) The login prompts are just the logins that you have started from Alt-F1, Alt-F2 etc To exit these just select the logout button on each x server and then logout from the login prompt. Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Lake University of Technology, Sydney Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 02 9514 1724 Fx: 02 9514 1628 Linux enthusiast, active caver and interested in anything technical. -------------------------------------------------------------------- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER ===================================================================== This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. ===================================================================== -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
