On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:25:59PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A]] I tried startx -l:8 for getting > XWindows onto tty8 and then Ctrl+Alt+F8 to get there > > Result : (1)If the machine has not put up XWindows by default , then > it > comes on tty7 , which is the default. > (2) if XWindows comes up as default , then this shows an > error , > saying that display is already active on 0. > > B]] Then I did from another user's shell : > startx -l:10 for getting > XWindows onto tty9 and then Ctrl+Alt+F9 to get there. > > Result : this shows an error , saying that display is already active on 0. > > > I remember some member of the list confidently assuring members that you can > open > XWindows display on more than one virtual terminal . >
$ startx -- :1 should work. By default it will be running on F8 if you have X running on F7 already. hth, kent
