How do I start a second X server

[Brad Smith]

startx/xinit are very picky about being givencomplete paths. Try:

startx /usr/bin/twm -- -layout tv-out :1 

--Brad

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:38:01 +0300, Rasmus Back <rasmus.back at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I have two graphic cards in my system and I'm trying to configure the
> second card so that I can use its tv-out feature to play dvds on my
> tv. Since I only watch movies once in while I'd like to be able to
> start a second X server with a minimal window manager and specify the
> server layout for the tv-out video card. Probably something like
> "startx twm -- -layout tv-out :1".
> 
> I thought that the startx command would do it but it fails with the
> error: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm:  bad command line option "twm". startx
> without the "twm" option tries to start another gnome-session on vt8.
> 
> So, any suggestions?
> 
> Rasmus
> 
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
>