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   Grant Taylor to Ahem A Rivet's Shot   
   Re: X11-app after su - leads to DISPLAY    
   10 Dec 23 12:47:14   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 12/10/23 12:07, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > 	Yes - however there is one important detail. Running startx does   
   > not start an X session on the terminal you run it from, it uses the first   
   > free virtual terminal - you can detach startx and logout on the terminal   
   > you start on. Also to run more than one X server you have to pass startx an   
   > argument to tell it what display it is if it isn't the default. It's been a   
   > long time since I did this and scripted it in a long lost shell function   
   > and I've a feeling there was another fiddly detail but it's all doable, or   
   > at least was several years ago.   
      
   ACK   
      
   > ISTR only one X server got access to DRM.   
      
   This ironically may be a case where the most basic / unaccelerated X   
   server, VGA or frame buffer, would be advantageous.   
      
      
      
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