Second X session

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Thu Jun 8 10:29:44 UTC 2006


On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 05:50:09 -0400
Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> > > If I just do startx -- :1, on the second console, I get a second instance
> > > of X running KDE, but I'd really like to run the lighter WM on the
> > > second console.
> > >
> > > Can anyone shed lite on this error and how to resolve?
> > > TIA
> > > Paul
> >
> > ...but this morning the icons suddenly appeared...Go figure?!?
> Replied to the wrong message...still broken.

What happens if you issue

startx /usr/bin/xterm -- :1

then call icewm from the xterm that should start up on display :1  ?

Peter


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