On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: >> Works for me. I have up to 4 X servers running all the time. >> Doesn't work on all hardware though (i810 for example, also some >> 3dfx cards). What hardware do you use? > >> XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 >> Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 >> http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris >> Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >From your .sig details, I gather you run Redhat...
I run Red Hat Linux mainly, yes, but I have Debian and other distros at my fingertips also.. chroot /distros/foo su mharris startx -- :2 Maybe I should resubscribe to the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;o) >This is a Debian specific question, Debian has forked its own "startx". >I think it may have broken during this forking. > >Specifically: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ startx -- :2 > >Fatal server error: >Server is already active for display 0 > If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock > and start again. ><SNIP> Hmm. Not sure.. It works for me.. Which release R U using? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------