Subject: Re: Two X servers running simultaneously using wscons
To: Ingolf Steinbach <ingolf@steinba.ch>
From: Michael G. Schabert <mikeride@mac.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/08/2002 10:03:52
At 5:36 PM +0200 4/6/02, Ingolf Steinbach wrote:
>Hi,
>
>apart from comments, my /etc/wscons.conf contains the following
>lines:
>     screen  1       -       vt100
>     screen  2       -       vt100
>     screen  3       -       vt100
>     mux             1
>
>All ttyE? entries are marked "off" in /etc/ttys, except ttyE0.
>
>My /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file contains the two lines
>     :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 vt02
>     :1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt03
>so that one X server is to run on screen #1, the other on
>screen #2.

Just out of curiosity...what do you gain by running 2 Xservers, other 
than extra redundant processes and more used memory/CPU? Why not run 
with your window manager configured with "virtual desktops" if it's a 
screen clutter issue?

Just a thought,
Mike
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