Multiple X Servers?!?!?!?

[John Moniz]

Paul King wrote:

>After an upgrade in Sarge where a ton of packages were updated, I noticed that 
>there were multiple X servers starting (ie, in :1, :2, :3:, :4, etc, as well as 
>:0). While I never knew you could do that on one machine (CTRL+ALT+Fn gets you 
>to the different instances of X), and while it might come in handy, right now 
>it is a nuisance as no window manager will begin while these are coming up.
>
>  
>
[snip]

>Questions for you out there:
>1. How do you start multiple X servers (in case I want to try it out in a more 
>controlled way later on)?
>
To start an extra X server, after having one desktop already working, 
switch to any free console (eg. ctrl+alt+f2) and login as any user. Type 
"startx -- :1 &" without the quotes. The original desktop should be 
found in console 7 (but may depend on the distro). The second desktop 
can be found in console 8. You can switch between desktops with 
ctrl+alt+f7 and ctrl+alt+f8. Good for 2 users on same pc or for playing 
with two different desktops at the same time.

A third desktop could be added with "startx -- :2 &" and would be found 
in console 9 .... etc.

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