[plug] Multiple X Servers ...

[bk at bofh.ns.ca]

> Is it possible to run multiple X servers on the one Linux box?? For
> example, on my PC, Function keys 1-6 are Text/console, 7 is the X
> server. Is it possible to have 8 as another X server, with different
> display number??

X binds to the first available tty. If you want 8 to be another X server,
it needs to be free/open/not-used.

But is it possible to have more than  one X server? I'm not sure but yo
can try. This is what I got from "ps ax | grep X":
 1038 tty1     S      0:00 sh /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
 1043 tty1     S      0:00 xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- -auth...
 1044 ?        S      0:55 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper :0 -auth /root/.Xauthority

You could modify /usr/X11R6/bin/startx (well, duplicate for the next X
server) and change :0 to :1.

> I know xf86setup does this somehow; It can run while there's another X
> server going. Is it generally available tho, and if so, how do you get
> it going?

Get back to me if it works (or does not work, heh).

-David (bk at bofh.ns.ca).