[TAG] [TIPS] Starting XWindow at certain virtual terminal

[Thomas Adam]

2008/8/25 Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com>:
> I missed further explanation actually. By doing this, user can start
> multiple X sessions (first in VT 7, then VT 8 and so on). But it can
> also serve for fun too :)

In which case, you really *don't* want to worry about a specific VT at
all and just use:

``
xinit -- :n
''

Where "n" is a display number (1,2,3, etc.)  The specific VT that uses
is irrelevant and ultimately any applications you might then want to
start up will need the $DISPLAY number anyway.

-- Thomas Adam