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Old 03-22-2009
Naked x11
[at console]
X :0 &
[switch back to console]
export DISPLAY=:0
xterm &

Can I do this with multiple displays, :1, :2, etc.?
Last edited by uiop44; 03-22-2009 at 02:14 AM..
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Old 03-22-2009
I have seen workstations with 2 displays and you can arrange for one to be :0 and the other to be :1. All the engineers at work love this. I prefer for the two displays to be treated as a wide :0 but I seem to be alone in this. I have never seen a workstation with enough monitors to go beyond just :0 and :1. I didn't really understand the question, so I hope this helps you.

Has anyone seen more than 2 monitors?
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Old 03-22-2009
On Solaris machines (and others?) metacity or xinerama software is used for handling multiple displays either as one screen by combining them or as separate displays.
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Old 03-22-2009
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Originally Posted by Perderabo
I have seen workstations with 2 displays and you can arrange for one to be :0 and the other to be :1. All the engineers at work love this. I prefer for the two displays to be treated as a wide :0 but I seem to be alone in this. I have never seen a workstation with enough monitors to go beyond just :0 and :1. I didn't really understand the question, so I hope this helps you.

Has anyone seen more than 2 monitors?
Well, it's nice to know there's others who use this idea.

I was wondering if you could have a different display on each virtual console... e.g. on a device with a small screen, like a portable device.
 
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