XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

Did you ever read startx scripts, and various scripts in rc.d?
I will let you investigate this how default gets set to :0 on linux even if
you do use X :0.

bye
Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Staf Verhaegen [ mailto:staf.verhaegen@imec.be ] 
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:16 AM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi
> Subject: Re: XWin Won't Run Without -screen Option
> 
> 
> Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> Yes maybe I am. I thought that you said that you cannot start 
> an X server without a -screen or :0 option and that the 
> reader should read more about X to understand that. I agree I 
> first didn't read the 'or :0' part right. I replied that the 
> standard linux X server (XF86_SVGA and other XFree86
> servers) can be started without this option when there is not 
> already a server running on display :0 just with the command 
> 'X'. Although in most scripts a :0 or other display number is 
> given. I have to agree I don't have experience with the Xfvb 
> server and there it may be different.
> 
> greets,
> Staf.
> 
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