Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:04:09 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim <spork@ix.netcom.com> To: "Norman C. Rice" <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> Cc: fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Two X servers at once Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812271400520.263-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19981227135839.B24324@emu.sourcee.com>
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That just generated the same error... On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Norman C. Rice wrote: > On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 01:36:42PM -0500, Spike Gronim wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I normally run my X server at 32 bpp, and Quake2 looks strange and > > greenish at this color depth. So, I'd like to be able to Ctr-Alt-F1 to my > > first virtual terminal, startx a new 8 bpp X server, and run quake. When I > > try this, the following is reported: > > > > PigStuy# startx -- :1 > > Try > > startx -- :1 -bpp 8 ttyv5 > > if you have three virtual terminals. Then ttyv4 will be :0 and ttyv5 > will be :1. You can switch between displays with Ctrl-Alt-F4 (:0) and > Ctrl-Alt-F5 (:1). If you currently have more than three virtual > terminals, adjust the ttyv5 argument accordingly, e.g., > > > This will use a lot of resources so you will probably need to adjust > the limits in /etc/login.conf appropriately. > > -- > Regards, > Norman C. Rice, Jr. > > > > > How can I run this program that needs an 8 bit display and keep my nice 32 > > bpp display? Thanks. > > > > -Spike Gronim > > sporkl@ix.netcom.com > > > > > > The majority only rules those who let them. > > -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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