curious: Re: running another X from within X

[Xucaen <xucaen@yahoo.com>]

--- "David B. Harris" <dbarclay10@yahoo.ca>
wrote:
> The first X session's display is :0 . You have
> to tell 'startx' to start
> a new X session, on a display other that :0.
> For instance,
> 
> startx -- :1
> 
> Would start a second X session, accessible by
> CTRL+ALT+F8. You can also
> embed an X session in a window; 'man Xnest' for
> more info.
> 

Hi all, curious here,
is there a practicle reason for doing this? What
is the purpose?

xucaen


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