Another way to do it: startx -- :2 -xf86config XF86Config-2 On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 06:53, Manuel Carro wrote: > >> Unfortunately the Red Hat search facility for the mailing lists is > >> currently unavailable. Sometimes ago there was a discussion how to start > >> a second XServer on the same machine using a different XF86config file > >> (usually I use a dual head configuration, but some progs are crashing > >> the system in dual head mode (e.g. Open Office) so I wish to set up a > >> second display using <Ctrl><F8> which uses a single display > >> configuration). > >> > >> Does someone remember the details? > > I run two XServers in different resolutions (I use the lower > resolution one to connect old external projectors which do not support > 1400x1050). What I do is to define two layouts in the same XF86Config > file (actually I have three, but I use only two) and I make gdm.conf > to start up two displays, each of them using a layout. > > The relevant pieces of the files are: > > XF86Config: > #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "TFT" > Screen 0 "Screen1400" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "External1024" > Screen 2 "Screen1024" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1400" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1024" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" > EndSubSection > EndSection > #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I have a TP40, and I also set the BIOS so that the LCD has to be > copied to the external output. > > gdm.conf (only changes at the end, in the servers section, comments > removed); the -layout option to the X server tells the server which > layout should be chosen from the XF86Config file. > > #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [servers] > 0=External > 1=Standard > > # Definition of the standard X server. > [server-Standard] > name=Standard server > command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -layout TFT > flexible=true > > # Second server, lower resolution (1024 x 768 or 1280x1024). Taken from > # http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2003-December/014345.html > [server-External] > name=Second server > command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -layout External1024 > flexible=true > > #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Manuel Carro --- Facultad de Informática -- U. Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | > |mcarro_at_fi_dot_upm_dot_es --- Ph: +34-91336-7455 --- FAX: +34-91336-7412 | > |http://lml.ls.fi.upm.es/~mcarro --- http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Software/Ciao|
