On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > I've just started having a look at Xdm, and have decided I would like to > use it if I can do two things. > > 1) How do you add another display (:1), I had a look at the Xservers file, > and added a new line, but it died...
In the latest xbase package, the default Xservers file contains these commented lines: # If you want to add servers yourself, please keep these things in mind: # - For each X server other than :0, the display number must be on the # command line # - This is the place to add the -bpp option to the command line # - If you run multiple X servers, it is wise to add the vtXX option to # each of them, since this is currently the only sure way of knowing # in advance which X server attaches to which console. # # Example: # :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt9 -bpp 16 # :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt10 -bpp 8 This should be clear enough, IMHO. Heck, I wrote these lines. :-) > 2) Can it be made to start in the background, so that on boot up, The > first console is still showing? Well, not without a kludge. When the X server starts, it always pops up the X display. You'd need to change the X server if you want it to just start and not show up initially. But you can add a command like this to the start) section in /etc/init.d/xfs : ( sleep 10 ; chvt 1 ) & This will change the screen back to console #1 ten seconds after xdm is started. Or you could add a simple 'chvt 1' command to /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 . But then the chvt command is also executed every time you exit the window manager and get the xdm login screen again. > Hey, I like having my cake and eating it too... :) Yep, me too. :-) Remco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
