On Nov 20 10:26:22, Alexander Hall wrote:
> I'm just curious how come it its possible to start (and run) cwm at the
> same time as running fvwm (from base).
How exactly does that happen on your box?
> AFAIK a window manager normally
> cannot (or refuses to) run if another window manager is already in use.
> Is this only a courtsey from the second window manager? I thought there
> were limitations in X that forced this behaviour.
A window manager needs its own $DISPLAY,
but that's IMHO the only limitation.
tty00$ startx
tty01$ startx -- :1
Jan
