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Date:      Sun, 25 Feb 1996 14:04:21 -0700
From:      Sean Kelly <kelly@yarmouth>
To:        pete@sms.fi
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Two X servers on same machine
Message-ID:  <9602252104.AA11211@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <199602252000.WAA00774@silver.sms.fi> (message from Petri Helenius on Sun, 25 Feb 1996 22:00:13 %2B0200)

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>>>>> "Petri" == Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> writes:

    Petri>   How can I run two X servers on a single machine, for
    Petri> example one with 8 bpp and one with 16 bpp? Trying the
    Petri> obvious configuration to xdm/Xservers gives a complaint
    Petri> about /dev/mouse being in use...

I don't use xdm ... you could try disabling it.  Then, just start two
X servers:

	xinit -- :0 -bpp 16 & xinit -- :1 -bpp 8 &

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA



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