Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 16:50:50 +0100 From: "Markie" <markie@notwentytwo.freeserve.co.uk> To: "KroNiC~BSD" <kronic_bsd@fastmail.fm>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Two X sessions on one machine??? Message-ID: <034e01c372fc$51d95af0$e400a8c0@ape> References: <20030904040608.D11CA3AA8E@www.fastmail.fm>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
----- Original Message ----- From: "KroNiC~BSD" <kronic_bsd@fastmail.fm> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:06 AM Subject: Two X sessions on one machine??? > Is it possible to have more that one X session running on the same > machine? The problem is if i want to create a remote X connection to my > linux machine via my Freebsd machine i have to kill the current running > LOCAL X session first.....then i can "from the freebsd machine" # X > -query 192.168.0.6 > and get a X session on the linux machine. > > On my Freebsd box, with a local X session , i would like to open a > terminal ...aterm or xterm and then somehow in that terminal create a X > session to the linux machine. > > I have tried this but get the following error: > > freeebsd# X -query 192.168.0.62 > > Fatal server error: > Server is already active for display 0 > If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock > and start again. > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > the full server output, not just the last messages. > Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org > > > > i assume the error is local because my current running local X session is > on display 0 . > > is it possible for me to do this as i would like to remotly connect to 3 > machines via X but still have use of my local machine > > > Thanks in advance. > -- > KroNiC~BSD > kronic_bsd@fastmail.fm > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... http://linux.about.com/library/bl/open/newbie/blnewbie4.3.6.htm Looks about right, I remember doing this a long time ago but couldn't remember how. Thanks for making me get some motivation to make myself look it up :o) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?034e01c372fc$51d95af0$e400a8c0>