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Date:      Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:54:06 +0100
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de>
To:        sporkl@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Two X servers at once 
Message-ID:  <199812292254.XAA70201@peedub.muc.de>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:36:42 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812271331500.263-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org> 

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Spike Gronim writes:
>Hello.
>
>	I normally run my X server at 32 bpp, and Quake2 looks strange and
>greenish at this color depth. So, I'd like to be able to Ctr-Alt-F1 to my
>first virtual terminal, startx a new 8 bpp X server, and run quake. When I
>try this, the following is reported:
>
>PigStuy# startx -- :1
>
>_XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
>_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
>
>Fatal server error:
>Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already r
>unning
>
>When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
>the full server output, not just the last messages
>
>^Cxinit:  unexpected signal 2
>PigStuy# exit
>
>How can I run this program that needs an 8 bit display and keep my nice 32
>bpp display? Thanks. 
>

try Xnest

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