Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:05:30 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: markzero <mark@darklogik.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <421D447A.7010704@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20050223230921.GB62904@logik.ath.cx> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAkUru9e0Xgkm1jphiEj0758KAAAAQAAAAVNKPkcwi5Uq3w6wWDp/biAEAAAAA@video-phones-evdo.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEHPFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <476138570.20050223180240@wanadoo.fr> <421CD2EB.9060503@wilderness.dyn.dhs.org> <1763669737.20050223212628@wanadoo.fr> <421D0A9A.2000109@daleco.biz> <20050223230921.GB62904@logik.ath.cx>
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markzero wrote: >>>Is it possible to install multiple X servers on the same machine so that >>>one can fire up whichever one strikes one's fancy at a given time? >>> >>> >>I don't see why not, although it'd probably be more common to simply >>kill one wm session and start another to save resources. Maybe it's >>possible. I don't know if, since you've just one DISPLAY (in theory, >>anyhow) >>you would configure it. >> >>Hmm, just tested. No can do, because just one DISPLAY. Maybe some >>X guru has a solution. GNOME on ttyv1, fluxbox on ttyv2, term on ttyv3 >>etc., etc.... Would be pretty cool. >> >> >> > >This is certainly possible. You need to start X via something other than >startx as you must manually set DISPLAY vars. I have run two X servers on >my machine many times - one running a local desktop environment and the >other running a WM from a remote box over SSH (for no particular reason >other than that it's fun). > > I figured there was a way. Most times there is. I was thinking two Xservers, one monitor. CTL-ALT-F2 is Desktop B, CTL-ALT-F3 is desktop C, etc. How 'bout that? Of course, I really have no idea *why*, either; but it does at least sound "fun". Kevin Kinsey
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