Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 13:09:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott Hess <scott@avantgo.com> To: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are Multiple XWindows Possible? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005221307100.12675-100000@river.avantgo.com> In-Reply-To: <3928B517.7D7C916D@S1.com>
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On Mon, 22 May 2000, Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote:
> Jon Hamilton wrote:
> > Balderdash :) There's no reason you can't run multiple X servers on
> > one set of hardware; I do it all the time. You just run them on
> > different virtual consoles and use control-alt-f<n> to switch to
> > whichever one you want to access.
>
> After torturing Jon, I extracted the magic incantation. I remember
> trying this 'before', but it didn't work back then - my guess is I
> mis-typed {blush}
>
> $ startx -- :n
>
> where 'n' is a number greater than '0' if you already have X running on
> the 'default' display.
In my experience, this can be pretty annoying, because you end up
switching back and forth all the time, and often want to see something
from both servers in one place. I would suggest trying Xnest, or perhaps
Xvnc, unless I really needed a full-on X server.
Later,
scott
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