On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 02:54:52AM -0800, Jakob Ess wrote:
> I am normally using my X server in 16 bit mode, but I have these odd
> programs that only work on an 8-bit server. As an experiment, I started
> a second X server (:1) in eight-bit mode. To get fvwm to start on the
> second server, I had to put
> exec fvwm2 -d :1
> in my .xinitrc. I then got a window manager running on each screen.
> But they INTERFERE! They both start behaving eratically, not giving
> focus to the windows (or even suddently closing them), and the key
> bindings are messed up. Somehow, they seem to be sharing some data,
> that then gets messed up.
>
> Is there a correct way to do this?
>
> BTW, I am running version 2.0.46.
I often do this in my .login (csh syntax)
xinitrc & >& $HOME/.log:0 ; xinitrc -- :1 -bpp 24 >& $HOM/.log:1
this gives me one server on :0 running at the default and one on :1 running in 24 bit. Hope this helps
Brad
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Received on Thu Feb 25 1999 - 07:15:36 GMT