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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Two X servers on same machine
To: pete@sms.fi (Petri Helenius)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 14:51:27 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199602252000.WAA00774@silver.sms.fi> from "Petri Helenius" at Feb 25, 96 10:00:13 pm
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>   How can I run two X servers on a single machine, for example one with
> 8 bpp and one with 16 bpp? Trying the obvious configuration to xdm/Xservers
> gives a complaint about /dev/mouse being in use...

The console hardware is not sufficiently virtualized.  You would have
to hack the code.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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