Re: multiple X servers on one computer?

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

Anand Buddhdev wrote:

> Is there a way to run more than one X server on my linux system, so that
> I have one instance displayed on ALT-F7, the next on ALT-F8

>From the command prompt in a terminal session:

startx -- :1

will open a session that is accessed with alt-f8 from the console or of
course ctl-alt-f8 in X

changing the 1 to 2 3 4 etc will add them in order (I think)

BTW dont forget the space after the -- .  it is needed to pass the
arguments to X.  (Seems like xinit is the one that needs it)

HTH

Bret