On 16:09 Sat 26 Feb , Ric de France wrote: > Brett, > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 21:44:44 -0500 (EST), Brett I. Holcomb > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I start up using xdm and get an login window on vt7 from which I can > > login. However, if I got to another console (say vt5) and run startx I am > > told that display 0 is in use - well of course it is! I have > > /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers setup as this: > > > > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X > > > > I've checked the bug about pam_env.conf messing up things so I commented > > out the display and Xauth lines but still does not work. > > > > What is the proper way to stop and restart X when running in this mode? I > > tried /etc/init.d/xdm restart and that simply gives me a grey X screen > > with a cursor instead of a login box. > > I don't know if this will help, but from the new virtual terminal line, try: > > $ startx -- :1 & > > The & is optional. That should start up another X display. You can > then swap between them using Ctrl+Alt+Fx buttons...
I tried: "startxfce4 -- :1 &" and it works as well. Cool! Bill Roberts -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
