[98941] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Switching displays in GUI mode disables GUI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Shepard)
Wed Nov 11 09:19:15 1998
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:16:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Andre Fortier wrote:
> 1. I start GUI (startx) on display 0
> 2. I hit CTRL-ALT-F2 - logon screen appears
> 3. I hit CTRL-ALT-F1 - there is no more GUI on display 0. Instead there is a
> lot of lines like this one: (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines
> and segments
> 4. I hit CTRL-ALT-F2, log as root and type startx. There is an error message
> saying that server is already active for display 0
Andre,
For X, display 0 is on virtual terminal 7, not 1. So, when you invoke
'startx' from console 1, you're switched to console 7. Using ctrl-alt-F1
puts you back to the console from which you started X.
Use ctrl-alt-F7 to get back to your X session.
Neither root nor any other user (logged on virtual consoles 2 through 6)
can start another X session. However, by passing startx some parameters, you
can have another one or two X sessions going (either for you or another
user.) See the latest issue of the "Linux Journal" for details.
Rich
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