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Start a second XDarwin in parallel full screen UNIX
If you have XDarwin from Fink installed on OS X 10.3.x, you can launch several instances of it. Most useful is to launch one instance rootless, and another fullscreen in IOKIT mode. This may also work with Apple's X11 (but it's not tested). I tested this hint successfully using XDarwin from X.org (X11R6.8.1), compiled with fink (unstable tree) on OS X 10.3.6. Here is the simple command:
 xinit -display :1 -- :1 -fullscreen &
It will read the .xinitrc file in your $HOME, if you have one. I hope to see Virtual Console (or Virtual Terminal) support in OS X/Darwin sometime...
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Start a second XDarwin in parallel full screen
Authored by: by on Nov 24, '04 01:39:15PM
Hi,

I very much prefer for example

xinit ~/.xinitrc.kde -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest :3 -geometry 1000x650
to launch KDE in its own window as in this hint: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040131222238684

Best regards,

Michael

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Start a second XDarwin in parallel full screen
Authored by: Detrius on Nov 24, '04 07:19:39PM
I was just thinking exactly the same thing. I'm glad that at least one person is using my hint. :D

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