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Old 11-09-2007, 01:57 AM   #1
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running 2 X sessions

At tty0, I am already running X which is active on "Alt-F7". Now when I login into tty1 as a different user and run startx it says this:

Fatal Server Error: Server is already active for display 0.


I am downloading something on my X session and at the same time my father want to use X at his login. Is it possible to run 2 startx(s) as different users ?
 
Old 11-09-2007, 02:26 AM   #2
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You can run
Code:
startx -- :1
to start a new X session
 
Old 11-09-2007, 03:43 AM   #3
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Another command is
Code:
xinit -- :1
 
Old 11-09-2007, 11:12 AM   #4
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Another command is
Code:
xinit -- :1
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