Second X session

[Paul Kaplan]

On Thursday 08 June 2006 06:29, Peter Garrett wrote:
> 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
>
That works fine, but the former direct approach has worked on other distros.
Paul