Running multiple X servers on the same machine with only one display

Submitted by k4tz on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 13:04

Question:

Is it possible to run multiple X servers on the same machine with only one display? I have seen that you can do that with a VNC server quite easy, but that doesn't use the same display. I am looking to something closer to the old multiple consoles, probably with different configurations.

 

Answer:

The default gdm/kdm located the display as :0 (the first). So in console all you have to do is

Code:
startx -- :1

where :1 can be any number and that would be the refference for that particular display.

 

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=997928