[plug] Multiple Xservers

[Trevor Phillips]

David Griffiths wrote:
> 
> Bret Busby wrote:
> 
> >>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?
> 
> Yes
> 
> >Is a third
> >session iniated, by typing in startx - :2 ?
> Yes

AFAIK, you can start a second one with startx - :2 and a third with startx - :1
if you really want. The number is a display number used for identification
purposes.

> Would make a good demo at linux fests - windows can;t come near this!

But Windows can have multiple displays on multiple monitors; Linux is still
catching up to this. (Yay Xfree4! Can't wait till there's Matrox Dual-Head
support...)

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