Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-16 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 01:31:48PM +1000, Russell wrote: > Tom Cook wrote: [snip] > > In this line, I have recently (this morning) discovered the joys of > > x2x to link two X displays. I have two p2/333s on my desk, and until > > today I had two keyboards and mice, too. Now I'm writing this o

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
Tom Cook wrote: > > On 0, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom Cook wrote: > > > > >How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1' > > >doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens. > > > > > > > I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Russell
Tom Cook wrote: > > On 0, Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > When using xdm, there's no where to enter > > > > command line para

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Cook wrote: > > >How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1' > >doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens. > > > > I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual Desktop #1 on the > first (:0) d

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Kent West
Tom Cook wrote: >How would you start multiple screens using startx? 'startx -- :0.1' >doesn't work for me, but then I don't have multiple screens. > I believe this would attempt to start X on the Virtual Desktop #1 on the first (:0) display; what you probably want is: startx -- :1 Kent

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Michael Heironimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > When using xdm, there's no where to enter > > > command line parameters to startx or initx (0:1 e

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:52:24PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > When using xdm, there's no where to enter > > command line parameters to startx or initx (0:1 etc) > > for using a second monitor, so is there an option > > for

Re: Starting X on second screen

2002-10-15 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 01:36:42PM +1000, Russell wrote: > Hi all, > > When using xdm, there's no where to enter > command line parameters to startx or initx (0:1 etc) > for using a second monitor, so is there an option > for this in .Xsession or some other file? I'm not using XDM at the moment,