From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 8 15:41:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03248 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 15:41:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from qix (hibou.obs-besancon.fr [193.52.184.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03239 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 15:41:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmz@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from jmz@localhost) by qix (8.8.8/8.8.7) id AAA05548; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 00:40:16 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 00:40:16 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199808082240.AAA05548@qix> From: Jean-Marc Zucconi To: beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA CC: nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Spidey on Sat, 8 Aug 1998 13:30:10 -0400 (EDT)) Subject: Re: xdm starting X on other Virtual consoles. X-Mailer: Emacs Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>> Spidey writes: > On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: >> On Sat 1998-08-08 (02:12), Spidey wrote: >> > I'd like xdm to start X on another virtual terminal (ttyv) than it's own, >> > is it possible? I know that X can start on a chosen one by using the vtXX >> > option... >> >> Edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers and place vtXX on a local line there. > All right, that's what I thought too, but how can I start another session > in another vtXX??? > Like: > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt01 > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt02 Use the following in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers: :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 You may also edit xdm-config and add specific setup for the second display: DisplayManager._1.setup: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_1 I have tested this with the SVGA server and it seemed to work, unfortunately it does not work with the Mach64 server (I wanted to use a 8bpp and a 24bpp display). Jean-Marc -- Jean-Marc Zucconi PGP Key: finger jmz@FreeBSD.ORG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message