From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 21 20:35:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.3.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A65537BAAB for ; Sun, 21 May 2000 20:35:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Received: from woodstock.monkey.net (d66.as20.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net [169.207.138.66]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.9.1) id WAA15175; Sun, 21 May 2000 22:35:34 -0500 Received: from pobox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woodstock.monkey.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B188C179; Sun, 21 May 2000 22:40:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/16/1999 To: Harry Woodward-Clarke Cc: "Mark A. Hummel" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are Multiple XWindows Possible? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 May 2000 00:20:04 -0000." <39287D34.EEBAF272@S1.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 22:40:10 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton Message-Id: <20000522034010.B188C179@woodstock.monkey.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <39287D34.EEBAF272@S1.com>, Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote: } G'day Mark, } } > } > I am currently using KDE. Is it possible to install and use } > another } > Xwindow like XFCE3 (www.xfce.org) in addition to KDE? If so, } } Under normal circumstances, most would be inclined to say 'no' - unless } you have a second physical display / monitor to actually throw the } output to. Balderdash :) There's no reason you can't run multiple X servers on one set of hardware; I do it all the time. You just run them on different virtual consoles and use control-alt-f to switch to whichever one you want to access. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message