On Tuesday 26 February 2002 20:42, Holger Schröder wrote: > Am Sonntag, 24. Februar 2002 12:13 schrieb Sean McGlynn: > > Do all your testing under a different userid and you won't get that > > problem > > > > :-) I usually set up a new userid and do a complete KDE install to a > > : local directory so I don't have to mess about or worry about anything. > > You don't have to change anything this way and you won't mess up your > > existing installation. > > the easiest way with an almost actual computer is to have two X-servers > running at the same time one normal and the following like this : > > XFree86 vt08 :1.0 & > export DISPLAY=:1.0 > startkde > > (assuming that there is nothing on virtual console 8 yet...) > so you simply switch with Ctrl-Alt-F7 and Ctrl-Alt-F8 That's much too much typing for me :-) Simply using 'startx -- :2' works fine for me. Actually you could use :1 through to :9 presuming your using :0 for your primary Xserver (which startx defaults to). The Xservers will automatically use the next available VC, so no need to specify. > HTH, Holger Cheers, Sean -- Sean McGlynn sean@tmiau.com BGITSOS >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<