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nTia89

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Registered: 2008-12-22

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multiple xorg istances

hi to all

how can i open two istances of xorg server, for example to have userX with gnome and userY with openbox ?

thanks

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milso

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Registered: 2010-11-16

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Re: multiple xorg istances

Like such:

startx /usr/bin/openbox -- :1

Obviously whichever WM/DE goes there, and you can choose what screen, :1, :2, etc.

Last edited by milso (2011-03-06 09:38:01)