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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.                            --       Grant. . . .              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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