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On the command promt, what command would I type in order to start X Window?
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on 12/2/00 2:06 AM, Mike Nguyen wrote:
> Hi
> On the command promt, what command would I type in order to start X Window?
>
> Thank
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>From the quill of Michael Powell, PhD. on Saturday 02 December 2000 09:10 am,
wrote:
just type
startX (that will start KDE)
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At the command prompt you would type startx. This will bring up the default
xwindows session.
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Mike Nguyen wrote:
>
> Hi
> On the command promt, what command would I type in order to start X
> Window?
For display 0 use 'startx' from a terminal - C-A-F7 to switch to it
from another X. This is the default.
For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'startx -- :1' from a
terminal - C-A-F
Ron Stodden wrote:
> Mike Nguyen wrote:
> > Hi
> > On the command promt, what command would I type in order
> > to start X Window?
>
> For display 0 use 'startx' from a terminal - C-A-F7 to
> switch to it from another X. This is the default.
>
> For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'start
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
>
> Ron Stodden wrote:
> > For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'startx -- :1'
> > from a terminal - C-A-F8 to switch to it fom another X.
> > This used to work in KDE 1.1, but alas does not complete
> > properly in KDE 2.0
>
> RonI use a workaround for getting
Ron Stodden wrote:
> For a second X, KDE, you must use display 1, 'startx -- :1'
> from a terminal - C-A-F8 to switch to it fom another X.
Two points:
1) I find that 'startx -- :1 &' is better: you then have access to the
text console if wanted; this can be useful.
2) Depending on system resourc
