Try this one... $ startx -- :1 That should start up another X session for you. NOTE: This should work on any distribution. On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Don Harrop wrote: > I just recently had the need to start a new console (ctrl-alt-f2) and run > another X session. I needed an 8 bit display and just wanted to toggle > between them with ctrl-alt-f7 and f8. startx has the display hard coded > to 0 on this RH 6.2 box. I had to edit it to handle different display's. > Did I miss something or is this really what RH expects users to do? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= O- Ken Bowley/SysAdmin mailto:johann@vikingsystems.com Viking Systems, Inc. http://www.vikingsystems.com -=-=-=-=-=[Sair Linux and GNU Certified Professional]=-=-=-=-=- From Don Harrop Wed Dec 6 18:48:27 2000 From: Don Harrop (Don Harrop) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:48:27 -0700 (MST) Subject: startx In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Yep that did it. Thankx. Don On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Ken Bowley wrote: > Try this one... > > $ startx -- :1 > > That should start up another X session for you. > > NOTE: This should work on any distribution. >