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Re: XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option
Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
>
> Did I not say OR :0? I think I did as I read in my mail.
Some letter were fallen out of your email and I didn't get that message but I
think you can leave even that away on linux when you don't have already an X
server running with display :0 because that is the default.
greets,
Staf.
>
> Suhaib
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Staf Verhaegen [mailto:staf.verhaegen@imec.be]
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:05 AM
> > To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> > Subject: Re: XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option
> >
> >
> > Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > >
> > > of course no Xserver will run if you do not specifiy the screen you
> > > must use -screen 0r :0 option. Plese read more about X first
> >
> > This is definately not for all Xserver. For example on linux
> > the resolution is given in the XF86Config and you can start
> > an Xserver with display :1 just with the command 'X :1'. If
> > several resolutions are given it even possible to switch
> > between the different resolutions with Ctrl_Alt_+ and
> > Ctrl_Alt_-. The dimension of root stays the always the same.
> >
> > greets,
> > Staf.
> >
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|Staf Verhaegen (staf.verhaegen@imec.be) |ADRESS: IMEC vzw. - ASP/LITHO|
|tel: 016/ 281 783 | Kapeldreef 75 |
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For every tool there are at least 2 uses: the one it was designed for
and the other for which it wasn't.