On Fri, 12 May 2000 09:29:50 -0700, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>quay....you left out a space between the second dash and the
>colon.
>
>startx -- :1
>      ^  ^

i was told this by someone else too...but i get the mentioned error message although 
typing it correctly......
startx -- :1

it still doesnt work......


>Alan
>
>
>quaylar wrote:
>> 
>> hi all.....
>> 
>> i would like to know how to start multiple xsessions on diff. vt's.
>> i know there is the command startx --:1 which (should) start another xserver
>> but this produces following error :
>> 
>> Fatal server error:
>> Server is already active for display 0
>>         If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>>         and start again.
>> 
>> 
>> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
>> the full server output, not just the last messages
>> 
>> what am i doing wrong ?...is there an option in x-config files i have to set in
>> order to get this working ?
>> 
>> thx in advance...
>> 
>> --quay

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