Re: how exactly does X11 work with virtual terminals?

2011-12-26 Thread James Strother
Awesome. That is exactly what I needed. Thanks! On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com wrote: On 12/19/11 14:20, James Strother wrote: Quite honestly, I have only a basic understanding for what the virtual terminals are and how they work, so I am

how exactly does X11 work with virtual terminals?

2011-12-19 Thread James Strother
Hello, I posted to this list a few days ago, and received enough help that I was able to push through to the next problem (thanks again). Briefly, I would like to have two separate monitors connected to the same machine, each running from a separate graphics card and a separate instance of Xorg.

Re: how exactly does X11 work with virtual terminals?

2011-12-19 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 12/19/11 14:20, James Strother wrote: Quite honestly, I have only a basic understanding for what the virtual terminals are and how they work, so I am baffled as to how I would resolve this issue. Does Xorg really need a virtual terminal, or can I start it without one? Is there another way to