Starting X with a custom config
 

Hi all, just a little help if you have a moment :)

I have 3 different X configurations that I would like to alternate between. (dualhead, dual X screens and dualhead with TV).

Is there an easy way to start X telling it to use my custom config rather than the default xorg.conf?

Even better, is there a simple script I could write that would open a new virtual console, and start X with my custom config?

Thanks in advance for your help!

From X -help:
So the only parameter that your script will change is the config file.
/etc/X11/xorg.dualhead will be used by ' -config xorg.dualhead '

Thanks rtg, that's handy to know.

Now, I'm trying to start a new X session in another virtual terminal but getting the message "Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0". What am I doing wrong to start a new X session?

Edit: to elaborate, I'm typing the following command:

As I understand the X may receive an optional parameter of the number of server to start. Thus when you say 'X' you get it started as 0 server. To start a new one you need to pass something like :1 -

Thanks again rtg.

I've got X starting correctly in the virtual terminals now.

I've trawled google trying to look for a kde command line switch to start it on a particular display. But everything I try, it just says "this display is in use".

Any ideas?

Maybe set your DISPLAY environment variable to the display you want it to start on before starting it? It would either be ":0.1" or ":1.0", I don't remember.

startx /opt/kde/bin/startkde -- :1
(substitute that path with our one to startkde script) and 1 with the display number you wanded kde to start on.