Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 16:10:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: sfarrell+lists@farrell.org Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: two X-servers on one machine? Message-ID: <XFMail.980601161033.malte@webmore.com> In-Reply-To: <873edp9tkj.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu>
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On 01-Jun-98 sfarrell+lists@farrell.org wrote:
> Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> writes:
>> On 01-Jun-98 Donald Burr wrote:
>> > Is it possible to run two X-servers on one machine? I run mine normally
>> > under 24-bit, but would like to be able to run an 8-bit server should I
>> > desire to use a program that doesn't work in >8 bit mode. (but without
>> > having to stop my 24-bit server and the programs that are currently active
>> > on it, of course) How can this be set up? Thanks!
>> For running 2 X-servers on one graphics-device try:
>> startx -- :1.0
> What about putting it in /etc/ttys? Or starting multiple xdm's at
> bootup? For me this has not worked--the console just gets hosed and I
> need to login through the net and reboot.
Maybe you need to adjust the display-part (":1.0")
Which display does your X-server run on ?
Malte
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