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) display; what you probably want is: > > startx -- :1
Not so. The :x.y notation refers to different screens connected to
the same display. A 'screen' in X terminology is not a monitor but a
complete input/output system (monitor, keyboard, mouse) that is
controlled by the same X server. The 'x' is which X server to connect
to, and the 'y' is which screen on that server to display on.
I thought (rather excitedly) that :0.1 might mean virtual desktop 1,
but virtual desktops are a WM illusion, nothing more. So:
$ xterm -display :0.1
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.1
$ xterm -display :0.0
$
Screens are different concepts to X servers and also different to
multi-headed displays (I think - not sure on that). I have never seen
a system with more than one screen.
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 on one
display from the keyboard and mouse of the other - cool! Now I need a
few more boxen...
Tom
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