[plug] Multiple Xservers

[David Griffiths]

>>
>> >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.
>
Yes you're right - good point. (Or nearly so. A small error we both missed
is that we need to type "startx --"
rather than "startx -")

>> 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...)
>
Must admit that that is a nice feature of Win98. Haven't been following
Xfree4 progress closely
but I don't think it's too far behind.

Dave.



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