[plug] Multiple Xservers

[Mike Holland]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Bret Busby wrote:

Brett - Please learn to edit yout quotes!! How many times must this be
said?

> >From the above, my understanding is that a user types startx for the first
> session, then startx - :1 for the second session. Is that correct? Is a third

You might be clearer if you do "man startx" and "man xinit".

> Do you need extra RAM, either on the motherboard, or on the video card, or a

Not on your video card, buty every process uses RAM, X more than most.

> Also, does that allow for different logins to run X simultaneously? For example,
> can I login as a user, and run X, and then login as root, and run X, while the
> user session of X is running?

Yes. You can leave you work on one desktop, while your wife uses the PC.
Another use is for different bits-per-pixel.
 

Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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