on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:25:59PM +0530, shyamk@eth.net (shyamk@eth.net) wrote:
> A]] I tried startx -l:8 for getting
> XWindows onto tty8 and then Ctrl+Alt+F8 to get there
>
> Result :
> (1) If the machine has not put up XWindows by default, then it comes
> on tty7 , which is the default.
>
> (2) if XWindows comes up as default , then this shows an error ,
> saying that display is already active on 0.
>
> Then I did from another user's shell :
> startx -l:10 for getting
> XWindows onto tty9 and then Ctrl+Alt+F9 to get there.
>
> Result : this shows an error , saying that display is already active
> on 0.
>
>
> I remember some member of the list confidently assuring members that
> you can open XWindows display on more than one virtual terminal .
Your invocations should be:
$ startx -- :<display> vtXX
e.g.:
$ startx -- :1 vt8
For more info, see man (1) XFree86.
Cheers.
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