Yep, it sure did :))  It opened it with my current login.  How do I
open a new instance of X and log in as another user/root?

Thanks, Mikkel!

John

On 04/02/00, 04:48:54PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> At 04:15 PM 4/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I've read (per Matt Walsh, "Running Linux") that one can run the X
> >server in more than one console. Yet, if I try, I get this message:
> >"Fatal server error.  Server is already running for display 0"  At
> >this point, I had the default console, number 7, running my user
> >account and had logged into terminal 1 as root.
> >
> >Can I, in fact, do what I'm trying to do?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >John
> >
> Try startx -- :1
> 
> It should start another copy of X on the next open VC.  Number 8 in
> your case.
> 
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