RE: XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option

[Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>]

I think you do not understand what I am saying.  I said use
-screen or :0... I am not talking of multiple screen herei.e. :1 :2 etc etc.
I know very well how linux works.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Staf Verhaegen [mailto:staf.verhaegen@imec.be] 
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:46 AM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: 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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