Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 23:53:59 -0300 From: Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br> To: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are Multiple XWindows Possible? Message-ID: <3928A147.2CBED78C@tdnet.com.br> References: <3927E246.B68E3E18@ispchannel.com> <20000521.15531400@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <39287974.37D3450E@ispchannel.com> <39287D34.EEBAF272@S1.com>
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Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote: > > G'day Mark, > > > > > I am currently using KDE. Is it possible to install and use > > another > > Xwindow like XFCE3 (www.xfce.org) in addition to KDE? If so, > > Under normal circumstances, most would be inclined to say 'no' - unless > you have a second physical display / monitor to actually throw the > output to. > > > what command, > > other than startx would I use to load it? > > However... vnc (it's in the ports collection) comes to the rescue quite > nicely here. Typically I use it from home to access my system/account(s) > and throw the vnc display back to home - *but* there are times when I > will fire up NetscapeNavigator from home via vnc, and the come in on > Monday and find there is a lock-file stopping me from starting it up. > Ok, I could $kill and then rm the lock file, but easier is to use vnc on > the local display, attach, and shutdown NetNav gracefully. > > My primary (:0) display has KDE, while the vnc display (:2) has Window > Maker. > > (p.s. I'm looking at pulling OpenMotif and using that r.s.n. :') > > hth, > > haxxa > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I suppose XFCE/KDE/alike are not Xwindow, they are WindowManagers (KDE/GNOME/alike are much more than a single wm). !(XWindow == WM) <-- that sentence is true, not the inverse. -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect! Reboot now? [ OK] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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