[GLLUG] KDE from command line

[Matt Graham]

On Wednesday 20 March 2002 16:19, you wrote:
> I've been lurking on this thread, and I was wondering why you'd want
> two X servers displaying on a single console?  What's the advantage
> to this versus using the pager/virtual desktop features that most
> window managers have?

If you run 2 X sessions, you can effectively switch between color 
depths by hitting a few buttons instead of killing and restarting X.  
This is less useful than it was previously, but a few years back there 
were some applications that would barf unless they had an 8-bit X 
display to run on.

Also, you can run another X session with a config file other than 
/etc/X11/XF86Config , and get a lower-resolution desktop without the 
newbie-confusing "virtual screen".

TANGENT:  Is anyone here aware of real tech info on why that virtual 
screen misfeature persists in modern implementations of X?  People 
complain about it all the time on c.o.l.misc.  I assume it persists 
because of old X applications that can't handle having the X-server 
itself move/+resize windows, or the lack of a mechanism for the X 
server to tell the clients, "screen resolution is now FOOxBAR, take 
whatever action you see fit."

Hm.  Maybe this is in the comp.os.linux.x FAQ.  Looking....

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