Jeremy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will try this, but am curious what the purpose of the -- :0 and the > -- :1 are. Is this in the man pages for X? Could this possibly be
the "--" stands for "end of the options and the :0 or :1 is the (virtual) display to start on. > for running more than one prog at a time, to switch between for the Exactly. You can switch to :0 with "CTRL-ALT-F7" to :1 with "CTRL-ALT-F8" and so on. So you can have e.g. firebird on :0 oowriter on :1 and something other on :2 > console? If so how? Or should I also read the man page for this? It's never a bad idea to look for the options someone is suggesting in the manual page. Maybe it fits your purposes better, using something a bit different :-) Ulrich - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
